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Wednesday, August 18, 1948
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The Headlines
ALGER HISS ADMITSh)0*0*0*iKNOWING CHAMBERS; MEET FACE TO FACE; Ex-Official States He Knew Spy Accuser in 1934 and 1935 as 'George Crosley' IN CONFRONTATION HERE He Again Denies All Charges -- Thomas Accuses Truman of Trying to Conceal Data ALGER HISS ADMITS KNOWING CHAMBERS
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
28,416 days ago
(77 years, 311 days)