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Friday, March 23, 1945

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The Headlines

FOE TELLS OF BLOW; Says Allies Have Struck on 65-Mile Front, With Some Units Over Rhine 1ST ARMY ADVANCES Von Rundstedt Replaced by Kesselring--Enemy Loss in Saar 100,000 20 Divisions Hack at Foe U.S. DIVISIONS HACK SAAR REAR GUARD Huge Chemical Plant Seized More of Rhine Bank Cleared First Widens Bridgehead

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#1 on Your Hit Parade

Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive

Unknown Artist

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

29,660 days ago

(81 years, 95 days)