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Saturday, October 16, 1948

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The Headlines

BRITON IN U.N. LAYS SLAVERY TO SOVIET; Russia Is Asked for Access to Facts on Labor Camps if There Is Nothing to Hide BRITON IN U.N. LAYS SLAVERY TO SOVIET

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#1 on Your Hit Parade

A Tree in the Meadow

Margaret Whiting

The must-have

Scrabble

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

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Gi

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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

28,356 days ago

(77 years, 251 days)