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Tuesday, July 16, 1946

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The Headlines

RUSSIAN ESPIONAGE IN CANADA CALLED HIGHLY ORGANIZED; Official Report Says Several Parallel Rings Sought and Got Defense Data WORKED IN U.S., BRITAIN Agents Kept Ambassador in Ottawa Ignorant of Tasks of at Least 3 Groups Russian Spies Highly Organized Ambassador Not Involved Only Small Sums Paid U.S. Gathering Evidence Scholar at Los Angeles Named

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#1 on Your Hit Parade

Prisoner of Love

Perry Como with Russ Case and His Orchestra

The must-have

Tonka Trucks

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

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Gi

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Bobby Soxer

neatodreamydreamboat

Catchphrases of 1946

  • It's a Wonderful Life

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 ExpansionThe 'Golden Age' of capitalism begins.

Time Elapsed

29,179 days ago

(79 years, 344 days)