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Tuesday, December 14, 1948

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The Headlines

Abuses of Police Power Rebuked By Supreme Court in 3 Decisions; Abuses of Police Power Rebuked By Supreme Court in 3 Decisions

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#1 on Your Hit Parade

Buttons and Bows

Dinah Shore and her Happy Valley Boys

#1 at the box office

When My Baby Smiles at Me

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

28,297 days ago

(77 years, 192 days)