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Friday, March 18, 1949
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The Headlines
CHIEF BROADY AIDE SOUGHT IN 13 STATES IN WIRETAP INQUIRY; Employer Says Investigator, Working on 'Distant Angle' of Case, Will Be Available MAYOR TO TESTIFY TODAY Expected to Speak as Expert to Grand Jury and to Group From Congress Tomorrow CHIEF BROADY AIDE SOUGHTIN 13 STATES
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
Mother Is a Freshman
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
28,203 days ago
(77 years, 98 days)