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Thursday, February 28, 1946
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The Headlines
SENATOR BACKS UNO; Says London Session Established It as a 'Going Concern' NOT SURE ABOUT SOVIET He Finds World Asks, 'What Is Russia Up To?'--Urges Open, Clear Policy
Read in The New York Times →#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
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
29,317 days ago
(80 years, 117 days)