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Tuesday, February 5, 1946

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The Headlines

YAMASHITA APPEAL DENIED, SIX TO TWO, BY SUPREME COURT; Validity of Military Trial, Called Only Question at Issue, Fully Upheld BOTH DISSENT ARE SHARP Murphy and Rutledge Declare That Guarantees Under Our Law Have Been Violated Yamashita's Appeal Is Denied, 6=2

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#1 on Your Hit Parade

Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief

Betty Hutton with Paul Weston and His Orchestra

The must-have

Tonka Trucks

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

29,340 days ago

(80 years, 140 days)