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Friday, July 5, 1946
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The Headlines
Britain Will Buy U.S. Goods To Save Trademark Value; Limited Imports Are Permitted Despite Lack of Enough Dollar Exchange--Debate on Loan Is Due Soon in the House
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
The Gypsy
The Ink Spots
#1 at the box office
A Stolen Life
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
29,190 days ago
(79 years, 355 days)