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Thursday, June 6, 1946
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The Headlines
FACT-FINDING BOARD MAY AVERT STRIKE ON SHIPPING JUNE 15; Government Action Reported as Truman Says Steps to Man Ships Are 'Precautionary' AGENCIES INTENSIFY PLANS Draft Priority List for Vital Ocean Cargoes in Event Navy Takes Over Task
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
The Gypsy
Dinah Shore
#1 at the box office
Two Sisters from Boston
The must-have
Tonka Trucks
You Share a Birthday With
- Alexander Pushkin (1799)
- Diego Velázquez (1599)
- Thomas Mann (1875)
- Sukarno (1901)
- Pierre Corneille (1606)
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
29,220 days ago
(80 years, 20 days)