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Wednesday, October 16, 1946
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The Headlines
MEAD SAYS DEWEY MAKES 'HENCHMEN' OF STATE OFFICIALS; Senator, in Jamestown Speech, Declares Rival Shifts Men to Own Political Benefit GOVERNOR DEFENDS FUND Tells Rochester Rally Surplus Will Be Spent on Things Democrats Neglected DEWEY 'HENCHAMEN' ASSAILED BY MEAD McAffer Role Called Brazen
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Rumors Are Flying
Frankie Carle and His Orchestra with Marjorie Hughes
#1 at the box office
Three Little Girls in Blue
The must-have
Tonka Trucks
On This Day
Nuremberg trials: Ten defendants found guilty by the International Military Tribunal are executed by hanging.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Oscar Wilde (1854)
- Günter Grass (1927)
- David Ben-Gurion (1886)
- Eugene O'Neill (1888)
- Enver Hoxha (1908)
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
29,087 days ago
(79 years, 252 days)