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Monday, October 25, 1948
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The Headlines
TRUMAN REAFFIRMS HIS ISRAEL STAND IN REPLY TO DEWEY; Cites Platform in His Support of Original Partition Plan -- Favors Loan to State 'POLITICS' IS DEPLORED Some Conflict With Marshall's Backing of Bernadotte Proposals Observed TRUMAN REAFFIRMS STAND ON ISRAEL
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A Tree in the Meadow
Margaret Whiting
#1 at the box office
Apartment for Peggy
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You Share a Birthday With
- Pablo Picasso (1881)
- Georges Bizet (1838)
- Évariste Galois (1811)
- Johann Strauss II (1825)
- Max Stirner (1806)
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
28,348 days ago
(77 years, 243 days)