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Thursday, April 4, 1946

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The Headlines

MAYOR SET TO CURB GAMBLING INVASION; SHAKE-UP IN POLICE; Enforcement Agencies Called to Outline Plans Today to Fight 'Open City' Rumor SHIFTS IN HARLEM MADE Detective Chiefs Ordered to Submit Lists for Promotion --Younger Men Pushed

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#1 on Your Hit Parade

Oh! What It Seemed to Be

Frank Sinatra

The must-have

Tonka Trucks

On This Day

  • Greek judge and archeologist Panagiotis Poulitsas is appointed Prime Minister of Greece in the midst of the Greek Civil War.

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Slang

Slang of the decade

General

gobbledygooksnafufubar

Gi

ack-ackdear johnfatiguesroger that

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

29,282 days ago

(80 years, 82 days)