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Thursday, May 16, 1946
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The Headlines
RAIL DOUBTS GROW; Little Hope Is Now Felt of an Agreement Friday as President Asked STRIKE TO MISS ONE ROAD Unions Exempt Illinois Central, Now in U.S. Hands--General Seizure Seems Sure
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
The Gypsy
Dinah Shore
#1 at the box office
The Blue Dahlia
The must-have
Tonka Trucks
You Share a Birthday With
- Henry Fonda (1905)
- Pope Innocent XI (1611)
- Maria Gaetana Agnesi (1718)
- Celâl Bayar (1883)
- William H. Seward (1801)
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
29,240 days ago
(80 years, 40 days)