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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

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#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

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

29,508 days ago

(80 years, 308 days)