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Monday, April 16, 1945
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The Headlines
ROOSEVELT JOVIAL BEFORE COLLAPSE; PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT IS LAID IN HIS FINAL RESTING PLACE
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
29,635 days ago
(81 years, 70 days)