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Thursday, May 9, 1946
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The Headlines
Byrnes Suggests Big 4 Call Full Peace Parley for June; Bevin and Bidault Agree to 21-Nation Talks to Break Council Deadlock--Molotov Asks Tame to Study Proposal Byrnes Suggests a Full Peace Parley in June Trieste Is Chief Obstacle Report By Deputies Asked Letter Sent in January
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
Kitty
The must-have
Tonka Trucks
On This Day
King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy abdicates and is succeeded by Umberto II.
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You Share a Birthday With
- J. M. Barrie (1860)
- Howard Carter (1874)
- José Ortega y Gasset (1883)
- Glenda Jackson (1936)
- Sophie Scholl (1921)
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
29,247 days ago
(80 years, 47 days)