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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

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#1 on Your Hit Parade

Buttons and Bows

Dinah Shore and her Happy Valley Boys

The must-have

Scrabble

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

Time Elapsed

28,335 days ago

(77 years, 230 days)