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Saturday, November 6, 1948
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The Headlines
THRONGS GREET PRESIDENT IN GREAT CAPITAL OVATION; BARKLEY OUTLINES PROGRAM; 750,000 IN WELCOME Crowds Stretching Mile From Train to the White House Cheer Truman HE SPEAKS IN HUMILITY Chief Executive Asks Help of 'All the People' in Meeting Great Issues of Day The Welcome to President Truman and Senator Barkley on Their Return to the Capital Yesterday 750,000 AT CAPITAL WELCOME TRUMAN
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Buttons and Bows
Dinah Shore and her Happy Valley Boys
#1 at the box office
A Song Is Born
The must-have
Scrabble
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
Time Elapsed
28,335 days ago
(77 years, 230 days)