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Saturday, October 19, 1946
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The Headlines
CED SHAPES ACTION TO BAR DEPRESSION; Business and Industry Join Economists in Studies for Labor-Management Peace
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Rumors Are Flying
Frankie Carle and His Orchestra with Marjorie Hughes
#1 at the box office
No Leave, No Love
The must-have
Tonka Trucks
You Share a Birthday With
- Miguel Ángel Asturias (1899)
- Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar (1910)
- John le Carré (1931)
- Philip Pullman (1946)
- Marsilio Ficino (1433)
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
29,084 days ago
(79 years, 249 days)