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Thursday, October 3, 1946
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The Headlines
U.S. PLAN DEFENDED; Our Delegate to U.N. Group Holds Wallace Divides and Confuses SAYS HE IGNORED APPEALS Baruch Charges Ex-Secretary Proposes to Let Erroneous Views Get Wide Currency Talked With Wallace Here Waited for Wallace in Vain BARUCH ATTACKS WALLACE ON ATOM President Authorizes Action
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
Notorious
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
29,100 days ago
(79 years, 265 days)