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Saturday, August 10, 1946

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The Headlines

Britain Ready to Act Alone If Her Oil in Iran Is Attacked; Would Foil Any 'Violent or Sudden' Threat Without Recourse to the U.N.--Spokesman Says Security Council 'Has No Troops'

Read in The New York Times →

#1 on Your Hit Parade

To Each His Own

Eddy Howard and His Orchestra with Eddy Howard and Trio

#1 at the box office

Night and Day

The must-have

Tonka Trucks

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

gobbledygooksnafufubar

Gi

ack-ackdear johnfatiguesroger that

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

29,154 days ago

(79 years, 319 days)