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Friday, April 6, 1945
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The Headlines
BIG GAINS IN REICH; British Leap 25 Miles-- U.S. 9th Spans Weser to Close on Hanover THIRD FORGES AHEAD Reaches Point 132 Miles From Berlin--Ruhr Pocket Pared Down BRITISH IN DRIVE CLOSER TO BREMEN Germans Throw in Planes Airborne Division in Minden German Disorder Growing
Read in The New York Times →#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
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
29,646 days ago
(81 years, 81 days)