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Saturday, November 3, 1945
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The Headlines
EGYPT ARABS RIOT AGAINST ZIONISTS; 10 KILLED, 350 HURT; Shops Are Stoned and Looted and Synagogue Set Afire in Cairo Outbreak POLICE CLASH WITH MOBS Alexandria and Other Cities Report Similar Scenes of General Strike Violence Police Standing By Stone-Throwing Begins EGYPT ARABS RIOT AGAINST ZIONISTS Looting Becomes Wholesale Department Store Raided Other Cities Affected U.S. Refinery Deal Threatened
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)
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
29,434 days ago
(80 years, 234 days)