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Thursday, August 25, 1949
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The Headlines
NAVY AIDE ADMITS WRITING B-36 NOTE THAT LED TO INQUIRY; Assistant to Under-Secretary Suspended After Testimony on Anonymous Letter HE IS DISPUTED BY KIMBALL C. R. Worth Tells House Group Representative Deane Asked Him to Draft Document BROUGHT ON THE B-36 BOMBER INQUIRY NAVY AIDE ADMITS WRITING B-36 NOTE
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
You're Breaking My Heart
Vic Damone with Glenn Osser’s Orchestra
#1 at the box office
It's a Great Feeling
The must-have
LEGO (Automatic Binding Bricks)
You Share a Birthday With
- Sean Connery (1930)
- Ivan the Terrible (1530)
- Johann Gottfried Herder (1744)
- Erich Honecker (1912)
- Võ Nguyên Giáp (1911)
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
28,043 days ago
(76 years, 303 days)