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Wednesday, December 18, 1946
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The Headlines
Secret Court Session Held On Death Threat to 'Fixer'; Judge Delays Ruling on Bail Until Today After Prosecutor Fights Release of Paris, Accused in Gambling Case THREAT OF DEATH CITED IN 'FIXER' CASE Mayor Absolves Filchock Gambler's Wire Quoted Bail Is Opposed
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
The Old Lamp-Lighter
Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye with Billy Williams
#1 at the box office
The Strange Woman
The must-have
Tonka Trucks
You Share a Birthday With
- Joseph Stalin (1878)
- Steven Spielberg (1946)
- Willy Brandt (1913)
- J. J. Thomson (1856)
- Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria (1863)
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
29,025 days ago
(79 years, 190 days)