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Thursday, September 1, 1949

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The Headlines

CONGRESS BALKED ON EARLY CLOSING; MUST ACT ON PACTS; Senate Recesses for Six Days but Will Return to Take Up Trade Agreements Fight

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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

28,036 days ago

(76 years, 296 days)