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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
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
Till the Clouds Roll By
The must-have
Tonka Trucks
You Share a Birthday With
- Akihito (1933)
- Helmut Schmidt (1918)
- Alexander I of Russia (1777)
- Joseph Smith (1805)
- Jean-François Champollion (1790)
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
29,019 days ago
(79 years, 184 days)