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Sunday, September 22, 1946

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The Headlines

PEACE UNIT BACKS TREATY GUARANTEE OF MINORITY RIGHTS; Italian Commission Approves U.S. Proposal Over Slavic Bloc's Objection to Move BRITISH OIL PLAN BLOCKED Soviet Maneuver Holds Up Vote on Amendment to Protect U.N. Concerns in Rumania British Oil Annex Blocked PEACE UNIT BACKS MINORITY RIGHTS Other Amendments Rejected South Tyrol Accord Indorsed

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#1 on Your Hit Parade

Five Minutes More

Frank Sinatra

#1 at the box office

Notorious

The must-have

Tonka Trucks

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

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Gi

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Bobby Soxer

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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

29,112 days ago

(79 years, 277 days)