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Wednesday, May 8, 1946
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The Headlines
UMW POLICY GROUP BACKSLEWIS' STAND IN FACE OF CRISIS; Committee Calls Operator, Proposal for Joint Welfare Fund 'Tinhorn Benevolence' COAL DELIVERIES CURBED CPA Sets Up Office to Take All Possible Measures to Prevent Breakdown in Utilities Emergency Office Is Set Up Text of UMW's Statement UMW POLICY GROUP BACKSLEWIS' STAND
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Prisoner of Love
Perry Como with Russ Case and His Orchestra
#1 at the box office
Ziegfeld Follies
The must-have
Tonka Trucks
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
29,249 days ago
(80 years, 49 days)