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Thursday, March 29, 1945
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The Headlines
GERMANS CONCEDE, THEN DENY DEFEAT; One Broadcast Admits End, Others Claim Repulses-- Allies' Pity Is Sought
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Candy
Johnny Mercer, Jo Stafford and the Pied Pipers with Paul Weston and His Orchestra
The must-have
Slinky (Gimbels Demo)
You Share a Birthday With
- John Tyler (1790)
- John Major (1943)
- Lavrentiy Beria (1899)
- Vangelis (1943)
- Ernst Jünger (1895)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
gobbledygooksnafufubar
Gi
ack-ackdear johnfatiguesroger that
Bobby Soxer
neatodreamydreamboat
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
29,653 days ago
(81 years, 88 days)