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Monday, November 5, 1945

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The Headlines

NATION IS WATCHING O'DWYER VOTE HERE AS CLUE TO '46, '48; Plurality of 500,000 or More Would Be Hailed as Omen of Dewey Loss Next Year CANDIDATES BUSY TODAY Detroit and Boston Contests Also Arouse Interest-- Other City Elections Aide Predicts Clean Sweep Opponents Voice Confidence NATION WATCHING FOR O'DWYER VOTE Detroit and Boston Contests

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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)

On This Day

  • The three-day anti-Jewish riots in Tripolitania commence.

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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

Meanwhile

  • Post-WWII ExpansionThe 'Golden Age' of capitalism begins.

Time Elapsed

29,432 days ago

(80 years, 232 days)