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Tuesday, April 20, 1948

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By Winston Churchill: The Second World War; Volume I -- The Gathering Storm Book I -- From War to War INSTALLMENT 4: AIR PARITY LOST By Winston Churchill: The Second World War Volume I -- The Gathering Storm The German Short Cut -- The Labor Vote of Censure Against Air Increases -- Liberal Hostility -- My Precise Warning, Nov. 28, 1934 -- Mr. Baldwin's Contradiction -- Hitler Claims Germany Has Air Parity, March, 1935 -- Mr. Baldwin's Confession, May 22 -- The Anglo-German Naval Agreement -- Its Dangers -- The Growth of the German Army. 'MY KINSMAN' INSTALLMENT 4 - AIR PARITY LOST Book-From War to War

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Now Is the Hour

Bing Crosby with the Ken Darby Choir

The must-have

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Slang

Slang of the decade

General

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Bobby Soxer

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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

28,536 days ago

(78 years, 66 days)