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Tuesday, May 15, 1945
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The Headlines
SOVIET LEND-LEASE CLARIFIED BY GREW; He Confirms That Reduction in Current Programs for Russians Is Expected Lend-Lease to Soviet Clarified By Grew; Confirms Cut Is Due TEXT OF STATEMENT Adjustment of Supplies
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)
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
29,606 days ago
(81 years, 41 days)