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Thursday, March 22, 1945

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The Headlines

COMPROMISE CALLED STRONGER JOB BILL; Some Conferees Say Proposal Tying Senate-House Measures Is 'All Teeth' Section Is Explained COMPROMISE HELD STRONGER JOB BILL Powers Could Be Delegated

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#1 on Your Hit Parade

Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive

Unknown Artist

The must-have

Slinky (Gimbels Demo)

On This Day

  • The Arab League is founded when a charter is adopted in Cairo, Egypt.

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  • World War II: The city of Hildesheim, Germany, is heavily damaged in a British air raid, though it had little military significance and Germany was on the verge of final defeat.

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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

29,660 days ago

(81 years, 95 days)