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Friday, February 13, 1948

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The Headlines

'FREEZE' OF PRICES STARTED IN BRITAIN TO CONTROL CRISIS; Cripps Also Proposes to Keep Wages at January Level for One-Month Transition CUT IN COSTS UNDER WAY Labor Is Urged to Withhold Demands While Producers Act to Lower Prices

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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

gobbledygooksnafufubar

Gi

ack-ackdear johnfatiguesroger that

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

28,602 days ago

(78 years, 132 days)