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Saturday, September 18, 1948

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The Headlines

HOUSE BODY PLANS TO EXPOSE DETAILS OF ATOMIC SPYING; ' Shocking Chapter' to Be Told in Next Few Days 'in Spite' of the President, It Says CONDON DATA ASKED AGAIN Ferguson Urges Clark to Seek Espionage Indictments in and Out of Government How Reds Spied on Atomic Work Will Be Told, House Body Pledges

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#1 on Your Hit Parade

Twelfth Street Rag

Pee Wee Hunt and His Orchestra

The must-have

Scrabble

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

28,384 days ago

(77 years, 279 days)