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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'
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Now Is the Hour
Bing Crosby with the Ken Darby Choir
#1 at the box office
The Big Clock
The must-have
Scrabble
You Share a Birthday With
- William Shakespeare (1564)
- Max Planck (1858)
- James Buchanan (1791)
- Halldór Laxness (1902)
- Shirley Temple (1928)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
gobbledygooksnafufubar
Gi
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Bobby Soxer
neatodreamydreamboat
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 Expansion — The 'Golden Age' of capitalism begins.
Time Elapsed
28,533 days ago
(78 years, 63 days)