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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
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Ballerina
Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra
#1 at the box office
Road to Rio †
The must-have
Scrabble
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
gobbledygooksnafufubar
Gi
ack-ackdear johnfatiguesroger that
Bobby Soxer
neatodreamydreamboat
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 Expansion — The 'Golden Age' of capitalism begins.
Time Elapsed
28,627 days ago
(78 years, 157 days)