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Sunday, January 6, 1946

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The Headlines

FUNDS SEEN READY FOR NEW HOUSING; Banks and Other Agencies That Lend on Homes Say 6 Billion Yearly Will Be Available NATIONAL MARKET LACKING Prefabricated Houses, Opposed by Unions, May Be Short Cut in Labor Shortage

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#1 on Your Hit Parade

Symphony

Freddy Martin and His Orchestra with Clyde Rogers

The must-have

Tonka Trucks

On This Day

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

gobbledygooksnafufubar

Gi

ack-ackdear johnfatiguesroger that

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

29,370 days ago

(80 years, 170 days)