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Saturday, April 13, 1946

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The Headlines

TRUMAN DEDICATES ROOSEVELT SHRINE; DECLARES HE WILL FOLLOW NEW DEAL IN BOTH FOREIGN AND HOME AFFAIRS; DIPLOMATS AND NEIGHBORS AT ROOSEVELT SHRINE TRUMAN DEDICATES ROOSEVELT SHRINE Says Principles Are Accepted Mrs. Roosevelt Recalls Trials His Spirit Lives in This House" Secretary Krug Accepts Gift

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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

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Gi

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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

29,274 days ago

(80 years, 74 days)