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Tuesday, April 3, 1945

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The Headlines

NORTH REICH CUT UP; Montgomery Tanks Peril Osnabrueck, Hanover-- Muenster Entered V-2 BASES BLOCKED First Army Beats Back German Forces Trying to Smash Ruhr Trap British Near Osnabrueck 350,000 Captured in March BRITISH 100 MILES EAST OF THE RHINE Canadians Cut V-2 Route Patton's Tanks Keep On Sixth Advances 12 Miles German Corps Commander Taken

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#1 on Your Hit Parade

My Dreams Are Getting Better All the Time

Les Brown and His Orchestra with Doris Day

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

29,648 days ago

(81 years, 83 days)