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On the date
Monday, April 1, 1946
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The Headlines
REECE OR DANAHER LIKELY TO BE MADE CHAIRMAN OF GOP; National Committee Veers to Them as Willing to Give Full Time to Job BUT HARMONY IS FACTOR Policy Group Assails Conduct of Foreign Affairs, Demands Only 'Loyal' Be on Staff
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Oh! What It Seemed to Be
Frank Sinatra
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
29,285 days ago
(80 years, 85 days)