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Sunday, July 14, 1946
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The Headlines
House Move Is Begun to Pass Senate OPA Bill Unchanged; Republicans Plan Effort Tuesday When Measure Reaches Floor to Keep It Out of Conference, and Send It to Truman
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Prisoner of Love
Perry Como with Russ Case and His Orchestra
The must-have
Tonka Trucks
You Share a Birthday With
- Gerald Ford (1913)
- Ingmar Bergman (1918)
- Gustav Klimt (1862)
- Cardinal Mazarin (1602)
- Gavrila Derzhavin (1743)
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
29,181 days ago
(79 years, 346 days)