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Monday, December 23, 1946

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The Headlines

SOUTH REVERSES TRADITION, ASKS TARIFF PROTECTION; Agriculture Secretaries of 13 States Say Foreign Produce May Impoverish Farmers FIGHT TRADE PACTS POLICY Appeal to Truman Says True Reciprocity Is Lacking and Whole Program Should Die Want No Cut On 1,350 Items Mixing of Purposes Hit Reversal of Region's Policy SOUTH REVERSES STAND ON TARIFFS

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#1 on Your Hit Parade

The Old Lamp-Lighter

Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye with Billy Williams

The must-have

Tonka Trucks

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

gobbledygooksnafufubar

Gi

ack-ackdear johnfatiguesroger that

Bobby Soxer

neatodreamydreamboat

Catchphrases of 1946

  • It's a Wonderful Life

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 ExpansionThe 'Golden Age' of capitalism begins.

Time Elapsed

29,019 days ago

(79 years, 184 days)