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Sunday, January 25, 1948

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The Headlines

PAULEY DECLARES POLITICS INSPIRED STASSEN CHARGES; He Again Accuses Ex-Governor of 'Falsehoods,' Inspired by His 'Selfish Ambitions' HUGE PROFITS' IN 1947 Accused Official Headed List of 7 Major Traders in Fats, Senate Inquiry Is Told HUGE' GAINS MADE, STASSEN DECLARES ANSWERING CHARGES IN CAPITAL

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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

28,621 days ago

(78 years, 151 days)