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Wednesday, April 24, 1946
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The Headlines
More Meat in Shops Seen With City 'Crackdown' On; But OPA Aide Here Warns That the Retail Supply at Legal Prices Will Not Meet the Demand--Black Market War Mapped INCREASE IN MEAT IN SHOPS FORECAST Conference With Police Stern Charges Denied
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
I'm a Big Girl Now
Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye with Betty Barclay
#1 at the box office
Dragonwyck
The must-have
Tonka Trucks
You Share a Birthday With
- Barbra Streisand (1942)
- Carl Spitteler (1845)
- Shirley MacLaine (1934)
- Philippe Pétain (1856)
- William the Silent (1533)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
gobbledygooksnafufubar
Gi
ack-ackdear johnfatiguesroger that
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
29,263 days ago
(80 years, 63 days)