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Wednesday, October 9, 1946
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The Headlines
Industry Group Will Ask Anderson to 'Free' Meat; If He Rejects Petition the Way Will Be Opened for Appeal to Decontrol Board-- Army Seeks Beef 'Loan' From British LEGAL MOVE BEGUN TO DECONTROL MEAT Meat Loan Repayment Stressed
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Frank Sinatra
#1 at the box office
Notorious
The must-have
Tonka Trucks
You Share a Birthday With
- John Lennon (1940)
- Ivo Andrić (1892)
- Max von Laue (1879)
- Léopold Sédar Senghor (1906)
- Emil Fischer (1852)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
gobbledygooksnafufubar
Gi
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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
29,094 days ago
(79 years, 259 days)