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Friday, March 1, 1946

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The Headlines

END OF GM STRIKE SOUGHT IN PARLEYS LASTING INTO NIGHT; Wilson Makes 'Last Offer' in Dramatic Sickroom Meeting Before Going to Hospital TALKS RECESSED TO TODAY Dewey Declines to Comment as Adjournment Is Taken at 12:30 A.M.--Detroit Tense Union Council Members Arrive Dewey Cheerful but Reticent END OF GM STRIKE IS BELIEVED NEAR Wilson Makes "Last Offer" Move by Bowles Reported White House Denies Plan

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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

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Gi

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Bobby Soxer

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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

29,316 days ago

(80 years, 116 days)