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Tuesday, August 21, 1945
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The Headlines
WPB Cancels 210 Controls; Radios, Trucks in Full Output; Wide Range of Consumer Goods Going Into Unlimited Production--End of Curb on Auto Making Is Near WPB PUTS AN END TO 210 CONTROLS Pre-War Low-Cost Ratio Kept Retained Powers Are Cited Gardner Board Sees Truman
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe
Unknown Artist
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
29,508 days ago
(80 years, 308 days)