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Wednesday, September 22, 1948

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The Headlines

U.S. GIVES SUPPORT; Secretary of State for Mediator's Report as a Basis for Peace SYRIAN OPPOSES PROJECT British Spokesmen Commend It to Both Sides -- Lie in Assembly Scores Killers MARSHALL BACKS BERNADOTTE PLAN

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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

  • Israeli-Palestine conflict: The All-Palestine Government is established by the Arab League.

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  • Gail Halvorsen officially starts parachuting candy to children as part of the Berlin Airlift.

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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

28,381 days ago

(77 years, 276 days)