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Welcome to Retroville! It’s 1943!
IN THE NEWS:
- Churchill and Roosevelt hold the Casablanca Conference
- Italy’s Mussolini is deposed, killed along with his mistress, and their bodies are dragged through the streets
- Roosevelt freezes prices, salaries, and wages to prevent inflation
- Income tax withholding begins
ON THE RADIO:
- Fibber McGee and Molly
- Great Gildersleeve
- Green Hornet
- Jack Benny Show
ON TELEVISION:
- Networks continue limited news broadcasts
- England continues to ban television broadcasts due to war
FADS & FASHION:
- Eyeliner up the legs in lieu of silk stockings which were hard to find
- Hershey’s Chocolate Bars
- Hair curled in front and shoulder length in the back
- Rosie the Riveter
WHAT THINGS COST:
- Car: $1,100
- Gasoline: 19 cents per gallon
- House: $8,000
- Bread: 9 cents per loaf
- Milk: 62 cents per gallon
- Postage Stamp: 3 cents
- Average Annual Salary: $2,500
- Minimum Wage: 30 cents per hour
ACADEMY AWARD – BEST PICTURE:
- Casablanca – a dramatic war epic by Michael Curtiz starring Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, and Paul Henreid
TONY AWARD – BEST MUSICAL:
- The Tony Awards begin in 1947 (look ahead to 1949 to see the first winner)
PULITZER PRIZES:
- Dragon’s Teeth by Upton Sinclair (novel)
- The Skin of Our Teeth by Thornton Wilder (drama)
- Paul Revere and the World He Lived by Esther Forbes (history)
- Admiral of the Ocean Sea by Samuel Eliot Morison (biography)
- A Witness Tree by Robert Frost (poetry)
NOBEL PEACE PRIZE:
- none awarded
TOPS SONGS:
- Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin’ by Bing Crosby
- Paper Doll by The Mills Brothers
- That Old Black Magic by Glenn Miller
- I’ve Heard That Song Before by Harry James
