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Saturday, June 9, 1945
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The Headlines
Grew Denies Allies Pledged Korea to Russia at Yalta; GREW DENIES BIG 3 GAVE RUSSIA KOREA
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Candy
Johnny Mercer, Jo Stafford and the Pied Pipers with Paul Weston and His Orchestra
The must-have
Slinky (Gimbels Demo)
You Share a Birthday With
- Peter the Great (1672)
- Bertha von Suttner (1843)
- Eric Hobsbawm (1917)
- George Stephenson (1781)
- Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor (1640)
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
29,581 days ago
(81 years, 16 days)