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Wednesday, April 10, 1946
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The Headlines
HOUSE GROUP, 15-8, VOTES TO EXTEND DRAFT 9 MONTHS; Administration Is Spared Need to Compromise on Recruiting Test to Dec. 15 FATHERS ARE EXEMPTED Service Limited to 18 Months --Similar Bill Likely to Go to Senate Tomorrow
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Oh! What It Seemed to Be
Frank Sinatra
The must-have
Tonka Trucks
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
gobbledygooksnafufubar
Gi
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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
29,277 days ago
(80 years, 77 days)