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Tuesday, September 14, 1948

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The Headlines

NEW WAGE IMPASSE ADDS TO CONFUSION OF TRUCK DISPUTE; Local 282 Stiffens Demands as It Ends Unofficial Tie-Up -- Employers Reject Them DRIVERS MAY QUIT AGAIN Union Tells Men to Stay on Job, but Expects a 'Lockout' -- Owners Plan Court Action New Wage Impasse in Truck Dispute

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#1 on Your Hit Parade

Twelfth Street Rag

Pee Wee Hunt and His Orchestra

The must-have

Scrabble

On This Day

  • The Indian Army captures the city of Aurangabad as part of Operation Polo.

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Slang

Slang of the decade

General

gobbledygooksnafufubar

Gi

ack-ackdear johnfatiguesroger that

Bobby Soxer

neatodreamydreamboat

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

28,388 days ago

(77 years, 283 days)