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Tuesday, January 1, 1946

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The Headlines

BYRNES SAYS ROLE OF M'ARTHUR STAYS UNCURBED IN JAPAN; Asserts Moscow Pact is Like Plan General Was Believed to Consider 'Workable' BUT TRUMAN SETS POLICY Hull Letter Praises 'Splendid' Progress Made at Parley-- Senators' Views Split

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#1 on Your Hit Parade

Symphony

Freddy Martin and His Orchestra with Clyde Rogers

The must-have

Tonka Trucks

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

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Gi

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Bobby Soxer

neatodreamydreamboat

Catchphrases of 1946

  • It's a Wonderful Life

Tech Check

Mobile Car Phones, Tupperware & Bikini.

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

29,376 days ago

(80 years, 176 days)