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Monday, July 23, 1945

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The Headlines

FOE'S FUEL SLASHED; 75 to 100 B-29's Batter Ube Synthetic Plant in Pre-Dawn Strike 490-TON BLOW IS DEALT Mustangs From Iwo Attack Osaka Area--MacArthur's Fliers Range Asiatic Coast 'SUPERFORTS' BOMB HONSHU OIL WORKS Foe Smashed in Amoy Harbor Matsuwa Attack From Aleutians

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#1 on Your Hit Parade

On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe

Johnny Mercer and the Pied Pipers with Paul Weston and His Orchestra

The must-have

Slinky (Gimbels Demo)

On This Day

  • The post-war legal processes against Philippe Pétain begin.

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Slang

Slang of the decade

General

gobbledygooksnafufubar

Gi

ack-ackdear johnfatiguesroger that

Bobby Soxer

neatodreamydreamboat

Catchphrases of 1945

  • Who's on first?

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

29,537 days ago

(80 years, 337 days)