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Sunday, July 4, 1948
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The Headlines
INDUSTRIES STUDY PRICING SYSTEMS; F.O.B. Factory Quotation May Supersede Present Methods of Freight Rate Absorption INDUSTRIES STUDY PRICING SYSTEMS
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Woody Woodpecker
Kay Kyser and his Orchestra with Gloria Wood
#1 at the box office
The Emperor Waltz
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Scrabble
You Share a Birthday With
- Calvin Coolidge (1872)
- Giuseppe Garibaldi (1807)
- Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804)
- Gina Lollobrigida (1927)
- Alfredo Di Stéfano (1926)
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
28,460 days ago
(77 years, 355 days)