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Wednesday, March 13, 1946

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The Headlines

GM TALKS CARRIED FAR INTO MORNING IN DRIVE FOR PACT; Special Aim Said to Be Accord to Go to Meeting of UAW Local Heads Tomorrow OPTIMISM VOICED AT 4 A.M. Negotiators Called Close to Agreement, but Session Past Dawn Is Held Likely Separate Sessions Held Surmise on Gibson Presence GM TALKS CARRIED INTO NIGHT SESSION Settlement Aim Is Stressed Broadcast on Strike Canceled

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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

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

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Gi

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Bobby Soxer

neatodreamydreamboat

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

29,305 days ago

(80 years, 105 days)