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Wednesday, February 20, 1946
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The Headlines
Tax Plane Called 'Appalling' As Opposition Arises Here; Commerce and Industry Group Sees Business Driven From City--Consumer Leader Hits Burden on Households
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra with Vaughn Monroe and the Norton Sisters
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
29,325 days ago
(80 years, 125 days)