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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
Read in The New York Times →#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)
You Share a Birthday With
- Giosuè Carducci (1835)
- Alexandre Dumas fils (1824)
- Jean Baudrillard (1929)
- Murad IV (1612)
- Hans Fischer (1881)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
gobbledygooksnafufubar
Gi
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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
29,534 days ago
(80 years, 334 days)