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Friday, December 7, 1945
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The Headlines
BRITISH GET 55-YEAR 2% LOAN; LEND-LEASE DEBTS SETTLED; WORLD TRADE SPUR SOUGHT; AID UP TO CONGRESS Mutual Benefits Cited as Truman and Attlee Announce Agreement CREDIT TO BE SPENT HERE Both Governments Pledge Joint Action to Lower Tariffs and Bolster Employment
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
It's Been a Long, Long Time
Bing Crosby with Les Paul and His Trio
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
29,400 days ago
(80 years, 200 days)