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Tuesday, February 22, 1949
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The Headlines
State Department Is 'Rusty,' Hoover Says, Asks Overhaul; Congress Told Secretary Should Have Clear Line of Command From Top to Bottom -- Agency Said to Be Held in 'Low Esteem' STATE DEPARTMENT IS CALLED 'RUSTY'
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Far Away Places
Unknown Artist
#1 at the box office
Command Decision
The must-have
LEGO (Automatic Binding Bricks)
You Share a Birthday With
- George Washington (1732)
- Arthur Schopenhauer (1788)
- Heinrich Hertz (1857)
- Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell (1857)
- Horst Köhler (1943)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
gobbledygooksnafufubar
Gi
ack-ackdear johnfatiguesroger that
Bobby Soxer
neatodreamydreamboat
Tech Check
45 RPM Vinyl, Atomic Clock & Crash Test Dummies.
Cost of Living (1940)
Loaf of Bread
$0.08
Gallon of Gas
$0.18
Average Home
$2,938
New Car
$850
Time Elapsed
28,228 days ago
(77 years, 123 days)