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Friday, November 19, 1948
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The Headlines
DULLES WILL LEAD OUR GROUP IN U.N. IN CHIEF'S ABSENCE; Truman Names Republican to Head Delegation in Paris While Marshall Is Home AN ANSWER TO RUSSIANS President Appoints Benjamin Cohen to Head Delegation in Assembly, With Austin Away Dulles Will Lead U.S. Delegation in U.N. During the Absence of Secretary Marshall
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
Julia Misbehaves
The must-have
Scrabble
You Share a Birthday With
- Indira Gandhi (1917)
- James A. Garfield (1831)
- Mikhail Lomonosov (1711)
- Charles I of England (1600)
- José Raúl Capablanca (1888)
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
28,323 days ago
(77 years, 218 days)