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Thursday, May 2, 1946

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The Headlines

Attlee Declines to Implement Any Part of Report Alone; Calls on U.S. to Send Financial Assistance and Troops, in Addition to Advice-- Defers Action on Immigration ATTLEE WON'T ACT ALONE ON REPORT House and Dominions Concur Immediate Visas Declined

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#1 on Your Hit Parade

Prisoner of Love

Perry Como with Russ Case and His Orchestra

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

29,254 days ago

(80 years, 54 days)