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Thursday, April 11, 1946

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The Headlines

POLAND URGES SPAIN BE ISOLATED BY U.N. AS A FASCIST NEST; Envoy Says Germans Harbored by Franco Work on Atomic and New Means of War IRAN DISCUSSION MONDAY Security Council Is Expected to Reject Soviet Demand for Dismissal of Complaint Soviet Move Expected to Fail For Severance of Relations POLAND ASKS U.N. TO ISOLATE SPAIN U.S. Confirms View on Spain

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#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

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

29,275 days ago

(80 years, 75 days)