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Thursday, January 10, 1946
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The Headlines
GEORGE VI BIDS UNO LAY THE FOUNDATION FOR WARLESS WORLD; King, Addressing Delegates at a Banquet, Says Nations Must Yield Some Rights ASSEMBLY MEETS TODAY Spaak of Belgium Is Expected to Be Elected as President, Pearson Secretary General The Hallmark Is Service GEORGE VI BIDS UNO LAY A PEACE BASIS Spaak Election Expected Russia's Representation
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Symphony
Freddy Martin and His Orchestra with Clyde Rogers
#1 at the box office
The Bells of St. Mary's
The must-have
Tonka Trucks
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
gobbledygooksnafufubar
Gi
ack-ackdear johnfatiguesroger that
Bobby Soxer
neatodreamydreamboat
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 Expansion — The 'Golden Age' of capitalism begins.
Time Elapsed
29,366 days ago
(80 years, 166 days)