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Thursday, February 19, 1948

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The Headlines

BIG AID TO WALLACE IS SEEN IN VICTORY OF BRONX PROTEGE; Truman Held Likely to Lose State -- Vote Viewed as Help to Taft, Bad for Dewey FLYNN LEADERSHIP SCORED Albany Democrats Reluctant About City Fare Rise Because of Republican Threat BRONX VOTE HELD BIG AID TO WALLACE

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#1 on Your Hit Parade

I'm Looking Over a Four-Leaf Clover

Art Mooney and His Orchestra

The must-have

Scrabble

On This Day

  • The Conference of Youth and Students of Southeast Asia Fighting for Freedom and Independence convenes in Calcutta.

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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

28,597 days ago

(78 years, 127 days)