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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
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
- Roald Amundsen (1872)
- Barbara Stanwyck (1907)
- Ginger Rogers (1911)
- Yasuo Fukuda (1936)
- Trygve Lie (1896)
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
29,179 days ago
(79 years, 344 days)