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Saturday, November 17, 1945

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The Headlines

BYRNES DISCLAIMS THREAT IN OUR DIPLOMACY ON ATOM; AIMS TO AVERT ARMS RACE; SECRECY MINIMIZED UNO Bomb Rule Can Be implemented in 60 Days, Secretary Says POLICY CALLED GENEROUS Loans, Lower Tariffs and Ban on Other Trade Curbs Urged to Remove Menaces to Peace Pledges World Safety Secrecy Period Minimized BYRNES DISCLAIMS THREAT ON ATOMS International Ban on Cartels

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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

Meanwhile

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

Time Elapsed

29,420 days ago

(80 years, 220 days)