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Wednesday, December 12, 1945

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The Headlines

VETERAN PRIORITY ON HOUSING BACKED IN MAYORS' SESSION; First Choice for Service Men in Buying and Renting New and Emergency Units Urged MEAD BILL IS ENDORSED La Guardia Insists Cities, Not States, Control the Quarters Built With U.S. Funds

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#1 on Your Hit Parade

Chickery Chick

Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye with Nancy Norman, Billy Williams and the Kaye Choir

The must-have

Slinky (Gimbels Demo)

On This Day

  • The People's Republic of Korea is outlawed in the South, by order of the United States Army Military Government in Korea.

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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

29,396 days ago

(80 years, 196 days)