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Monday, October 29, 1945
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The Headlines
HUNDREDS OF JOBS IN CITY'S SERVICES STAKE IN ELECTION; 546 Positions, Paying Total of $2,567,085 a Year, to Be Available to Victors RUN UP TO $17,500 A YEAR Re-election of Some Officials to Reduce Volume of New Patronage Available
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Till the End of Time
Perry Como with Russ Case and His Orchestra
The must-have
Slinky (Gimbels Demo)
You Share a Birthday With
- Joseph Goebbels (1897)
- Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (1938)
- Franz von Papen (1879)
- Jean Giraudoux (1882)
- Baruj Benacerraf (1920)
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
Meanwhile
- Post-WWII Expansion — The 'Golden Age' of capitalism begins.
Time Elapsed
29,439 days ago
(80 years, 239 days)