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Monday, September 12, 1949
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The Headlines
DEVALUING POUND WILL BE DISCUSSED BY MONETARY FUND; World Body to Weigh This Week Question Banned at Parley of U. S., Britain and Canada MEETING WILL BE SECRET London Seeks Aid by Easing of Policy on Drawing on the Resources of the Fund MEETING TO WEIGH DEVALUING POUND
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Someday (You'll Want Me to Want You)
Vaughn Monroe and his Orchestra
#1 at the box office
Top o' the Morning
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
28,025 days ago
(76 years, 285 days)