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On the date
Wednesday, August 11, 1948
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The Headlines
FORRESTAL REFUSES TO ACT ON DEMAND FOR FEDERAL GUARD; Secretary Holds Inter-Service Report on Reserves Outside His Policy at Present Stage AWAITS STAFFS' REVIEWS Survey Plan Would Completely Integrate Militia With Army in Organization, Training FEDERAL CONTROL ASKED FOR GUARD
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
You Call Everybody Darlin'
Al Trace and His New Orchestra with Bob Vincent
#1 at the box office
Key Largo
The must-have
Scrabble
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
gobbledygooksnafufubar
Gi
ack-ackdear johnfatiguesroger that
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
28,422 days ago
(77 years, 317 days)