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Wednesday, March 9, 1949
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The Headlines
U. S. FILM MEN MAKE VATICAN LIRE DEAL; $3,000,000 of Currency Will Be Unfrozen -- Church to Use Funds for a Seminary U. S. FILM MEN MAKE VATICAN LIRE DEAL
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Cruising Down the River
Blue Barron and his Orchestra
#1 at the box office
Whispering Smith
The must-have
LEGO (Automatic Binding Bricks)
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
28,212 days ago
(77 years, 107 days)