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Friday, August 24, 1945

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The Headlines

Chinese Communists Mass For Clash, Chungking Hears; Reported Near Peiping and in Tientsin-- 1,000,000 Japanese to Yield to Chiang-- Foe Protests Peril in Disarming REDS SAID TO MASS FOR CLASH IN CHINA Airborne Occupation Planned Tokyo Asks More Time in China

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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

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Gi

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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

29,506 days ago

(80 years, 306 days)