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Sunday, April 22, 1945
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The Headlines
SENATORS' 2 RUNS IN THE 1ST INNING TOP YANKEES, 2-1; Bonham Yields Three of the Four Hits Off Him, All Singles, at the Start DERRY'S TRIPLE EFFECTIVE Sends Metheny Home in Third --Wolff Gives 4 Blows --McCarthy Is 58
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
I'm Beginning to See the Light
Harry James and His Orchestra with Kitty Kallen
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
29,630 days ago
(81 years, 65 days)