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Wednesday, July 17, 1946
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The Headlines
CLEMENCY DENIED FOR MIKHAILOVITCH; Dawn Execution Set for Him, 8 Others as Last Plea Fails-- U.S., Britain Won't Intervene Clemency Denied to Mikhailovitch; Dawn Execution for Him, 8 Others Wife Also Signs Petition U.S. Plans No Action Bevin Sees No Right to Step In Mikhailovitch Is Nervous
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
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
29,178 days ago
(79 years, 343 days)