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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
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
- Martin Scorsese (1942)
- Eugene Wigner (1902)
- Louis XVIII (1755)
- Danny DeVito (1944)
- Nicolas Appert (1749)
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
29,420 days ago
(80 years, 220 days)