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Friday, April 19, 1946

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The Headlines

HOUSE APPROVES OPA BILL, 355 TO 42, AS PROTESTS MOUNT; 205 Democrats Vote for Revised Measure Which Bowles and Porter Call 'Impossible' MURRAY URGES CIO ACTION Truman's Comments Are 'Not for Print,' but He Hopes for Better Results From Senate Veteran Conference Is Urged Would Guarantee a Profit REVISED OPA BILL PASSED BY HOUSE

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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

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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

29,268 days ago

(80 years, 68 days)