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Sunday, March 10, 1946
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The Headlines
FOUR CITY COLLEGES TO BAR THOUSANDS UNLESS FUNDS RISE; Many June Graduates of High Schools Face Rejection to Make Room for Veterans EXPANSION AID IS SOUGHT $3,000,000 Asked for Faculty, Rooms--Requirements for Entrance May Be Raised Veterans Get Preference FOUR CITY COLLEGES MAY LIMIT ROLLS
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Oh! What It Seemed to Be
Frankie Carle and His Orchestra with Marjorie Hughes
The must-have
Tonka Trucks
You Share a Birthday With
- Alexander III of Russia (1845)
- Chuck Norris (1940)
- Sepp Blatter (1936)
- Ferdinand II of Aragon (1452)
- Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor (1503)
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
29,307 days ago
(80 years, 107 days)