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Saturday, March 16, 1946
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The Headlines
65C BASE PAY PLAN DOOMED IN SENATE; Proponents Are Ready to Settle for 60, but 55-Cent Proposal Has Strong Support 65C BASE PAY PLAN DOOMED IN SENATE Inflation Threat Is Denied
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
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
29,302 days ago
(80 years, 102 days)