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Saturday, May 12, 1945
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The Headlines
NEW GOODS TO SELL AT PRICES OF 1942; OPA Will Protect Business and Labor as Well as Consumer, Blocking Inflation NEW GOODS TO SELL AT PRICES OF 1942 Would Protect All Interests Describes the Difficulties
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
There! I've Said It Again
Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra with Vaughn Monroe and the Norton Sisters
The must-have
Slinky (Gimbels Demo)
You Share a Birthday With
- Florence Nightingale (1820)
- Katharine Hepburn (1907)
- Jiddu Krishnamurti (1895)
- Dorothy Hodgkin (1910)
- George Carlin (1937)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
gobbledygooksnafufubar
Gi
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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
29,609 days ago
(81 years, 44 days)