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Friday, April 23, 1948

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The Headlines

By Winston Churchill:; The Second World War Volume I -- The Gathering Storm Book I -- From War to War INSTALLMENT 7: THE LOADED PAUSE; GERMANY ARMED By Winston Churchill: The Second World War INSTALLMENT 7 -- THE LOADED PAUSE; GERMANY ARMED Volume I The Gathering Storm The "Over-All Strategic Objective" The Conservative Deputation to the Prime Minister, July 28, 1936 -- Mr. Baldwin's "Frankness" Speech - Arms and the Covenant -- The Abdication of King Edward VIII -- Mr. Baldwin's Wisdom. Book I -- From War to War The Coronation of King George VI -- A Letter From the King -- Mr. Baldwin's Retirement -- Mr. Chamberlainh)0*0*0*iPrime Minister -- Baldwin and Chamberlain A Talk With Ribbentrop -- A Farewell Luncheon to Ribbentrop. HOPED TO BE 'GREAT PEACEMAKER' WHEN HITLER BROUGHT ABOUT ANSCHLUSS ' WAR IS INEVITABLE'

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#1 on Your Hit Parade

Now Is the Hour

Bing Crosby with the Ken Darby Choir

The must-have

Scrabble

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

28,533 days ago

(78 years, 63 days)