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Thursday, March 10, 1949

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The Headlines

JURY DEADLOCKED IN 'AXIS SALLY' CASE; 7 Men and 5 Women Locked Up for Night After They Deliberate 10 1/2 Hours JURY DEADLOCKED IN 'AXIS SALLY' CASE

Read in The New York Times →

#1 on Your Hit Parade

Cruising Down the River

Blue Barron and his Orchestra

The must-have

LEGO (Automatic Binding Bricks)

On This Day

  • Mildred Gillars ("Axis Sally") is convicted of treason.

    Wikipedia →

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

gobbledygooksnafufubar

Gi

ack-ackdear johnfatiguesroger that

Bobby Soxer

neatodreamydreamboat

Catchphrases of 1949

  • Big Brother is watching you

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)