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Friday, November 22, 1946
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The Headlines
GRIP IS TIGHTENING; Steel Producers Slash Output and Carriers Reduce Staffs FEW MINERS WORKING 6,000 of 143,000 Men Are in Soft-Coal Pits in the Tri-State Area
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Rumors Are Flying
Unknown Artist
#1 at the box office
Deception
The must-have
Tonka Trucks
You Share a Birthday With
- Charles de Gaulle (1890)
- André Gide (1869)
- George Eliot (1819)
- Terry Gilliam (1940)
- Abigail Adams (1744)
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
29,051 days ago
(79 years, 216 days)