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Tuesday, July 17, 1945
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The Headlines
ANDERSON SUMS UP ON FOOD SHORTAGES; Americans Must Eat 5 Per Cent Less Than Last Year but Situation Is Not Alarming Milk Called the Bright Spot ANDERSON SUMS UP ON FOOD SHORTAGES Prospects of Betterment
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Sentimental Journey
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
29,543 days ago
(80 years, 343 days)