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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

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#1 on Your Hit Parade

You're Breaking My Heart

Vic Damone with Glenn Osser’s Orchestra

The must-have

LEGO (Automatic Binding Bricks)

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

28,043 days ago

(76 years, 303 days)