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Saturday, March 17, 1945

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The Headlines

O'DWYER IS CHOICE OF PARTY LEADERS TO RUN FOR MAYOR; Unofficial Parleys Name Him as Having Best Chance to Defeat La Guardia RECORD PUTS HIM FIRST Breaking Up of the Brooklyn Murder Ring and Service in Army Are Cited Choice Based on Record Fusion Held Unlikely O'DWYER IS CHOICE TO RUN FOR MAYOR

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#1 on Your Hit Parade

Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive

Johnny Mercer and the Pied Pipers with Paul Weston and His Orchestra

The must-have

Slinky (Gimbels Demo)

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

gobbledygooksnafufubar

Gi

ack-ackdear johnfatiguesroger that

Bobby Soxer

neatodreamydreamboat

Catchphrases of 1945

  • Who's on first?

Tech Check

Atomic Bomb, ENIAC Computer & Microwave Oven Principle.

Cost of Living (1940)

Loaf of Bread

$0.08

Gallon of Gas

$0.18

Average Home

$2,938

New Car

$850

Time Elapsed

29,665 days ago

(81 years, 100 days)