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Monday, March 11, 1946

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The Headlines

CITY TAX PROGRAM TO YIELD $75,000,000 READY FOR ALBANY; Mayor and His Aides Agree at Two-Hour Conference on Requests to Legislature HIGHER REALTY LEVY SEEN Fight for State Aid Will Be Pushed but Hope Is Gone-- Amusement Tax Dropped Albany Leaders Present CITY TAX PROGRAM READY FOR ALBANY Early Action Forecast

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#1 on Your Hit Parade

Oh! What It Seemed to Be

Frankie Carle and His Orchestra with Marjorie Hughes

The must-have

Tonka Trucks

On This Day

  • Rudolf Höss, the first commandant of Auschwitz concentration camp, is captured by British troops.

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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

29,306 days ago

(80 years, 106 days)