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Friday, November 2, 1945
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The Headlines
BILL TO CUT TAXES BY $5,920,000,000 GOES TO PRESIDENT; Senate Almost Unanimously Votes Measure and Truman's Acceptance Is Indicated DEEP '4l SLICE FORESEEN Hope for $5,000,000,000 Drop for Individuals Voiced--12 Million Off Rolls in '46 12,060,000 to Go Off Rolls SENATE APPROVES TAX CUT MEASURE 1946 Tax Cut Predicted by Taft
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
- James K. Polk (1795)
- Warren G. Harding (1865)
- Marie Antoinette (1755)
- George Boole (1815)
- Odysseas Elytis (1911)
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
29,435 days ago
(80 years, 235 days)