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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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Oh! What It Seemed to Be
Frank Sinatra
#1 at the box office
Dragonwyck
The must-have
Tonka Trucks
You Share a Birthday With
- José Echegaray (1832)
- Getúlio Vargas (1882)
- Glenn T. Seaborg (1912)
- Jayne Mansfield (1933)
- Ferdinand I of Austria (1793)
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
29,268 days ago
(80 years, 68 days)