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Monday, January 19, 1948

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The Headlines

FARMERS' INCOME SET RECORD IN 1947; Anderson Puts It 21% Over 1946, Previous High -- Warns Export Total Will Drop FARMERS' INCOME SET RECORD IN 1947

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#1 on Your Hit Parade

Ballerina

Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra

The must-have

Scrabble

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

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Gi

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Bobby Soxer

neatodreamydreamboat

Catchphrases of 1948

  • Dewey Defeats Truman

Tech Check

Long-Playing Record (LP), Velcro & Holography Theory.

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

28,627 days ago

(78 years, 157 days)