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Friday, July 27, 1945

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The Headlines

MEAT RISE OF 11% IS DUE IN AUGUST; Public Will Also Gain by Cuts in Point Values--Sugar for East Increased MEAT RISE OF 11% IS DUE IN AUGUST Bowles Hails Good News

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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)

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

29,534 days ago

(80 years, 334 days)