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Sunday, December 19, 1948

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The Headlines

SAYRE WILL APPEAR BEFORE SPY JURORS TO IDENTIFY PAPERS; Hiss' Former Chief, Due Today From U.N. Parley, to Testify Tomorrow or Tuesday

Read in The New York Times →

#1 on Your Hit Parade

All I Want for Christmas (Is My Two Front Teeth)

Spike Jones and his City Slickers with George Rock

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)