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Thursday, May 30, 1946
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The Headlines
IRAN MUZZLES ALA; BARS HIM FROM U.N.; Ghavam Acts at Soviet Behest but Does Not Drop Charges-- U.S. State Department Split IRAN MUZZLES ALA; BARS HIM FROM U.N.
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
The Postman Always Rings Twice
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
29,227 days ago
(80 years, 27 days)