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Saturday, December 18, 1948

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The Headlines

40-HOUR RAIL WEEK AT SAME PAY AS 48 PROPOSED BY BOARD; Presidential Panel Suggests Retroactive Wage Rise of 7c for Million Non-Operators CHANGE SET SEPT. 1, 1949 Union Heads Are Disappointed, Schedule Chicago Meeting to Consider Proposals Board Proposes a 40-Hour Week At Pay of 48 for Railway Workers

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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

28,293 days ago

(77 years, 188 days)