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Tuesday, September 11, 1945

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The Headlines

FIVE GREAT POWERS BEGIN TALKS TODAY ON PEACE PROBLEMS; Framing Treaty With Italy Heads Ministers' Tasks in London Conference FRENCH EMPHASIZE REICH Meeting Is First of Series Seen Lasting at Least a Year-- Borders in Question

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#1 on Your Hit Parade

Till the End of Time

Perry Como with Russ Case and His Orchestra

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

29,487 days ago

(80 years, 287 days)