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Tuesday, December 24, 1946

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The Headlines

Blum Reaffirms Recognition Of Independence of VietNam; Calls Situation in Indo-China Serious, but Not Alarming--Leclerc to Be Sent Out --Fighting Continues in Hanoi Blum Restates French Recognition Of the Independence of Viet Nam Said to Have Wavered Agreement Violated Martial Law Proclaimed

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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

29,018 days ago

(79 years, 183 days)