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Saturday, August 4, 1945
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The Headlines
AUSTRIAN LEADERS DENY PUPPET ROLE; Renner Government Officials Say Regime Was Organized Spontaneously in Vienna AUSTRIAN LEADERS DENY PUPPET ROLE Notice to Allies Blocked Claim Regime Is Democratic
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
- Louis Armstrong (1901)
- Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792)
- Knut Hamsun (1859)
- Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother (1900)
- William Rowan Hamilton (1805)
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
29,525 days ago
(80 years, 325 days)