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Saturday, October 30, 1948

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The Headlines

CLIMAX IN GARDEN; 50,000 Are Expected to Hear Governor Close His Long Campaign NEW ENGLAND TOUR ENDED Torchlight Parade to Precede Start of Rally -- Curran Calls It 'Historic' DEWEY ARRIVES IN NEW YORK TO WIND UP HIS CAMPAIGN Dewey Here for Campaign Climax; 50,000 Expected at Garden Rally

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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

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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

28,343 days ago

(77 years, 238 days)