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Monday, September 26, 1949
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The Headlines
MALAYAN TIN PRICE TO U. S. IS LOWERED; British, However, Will Pay More -- New Rise in Living Costs Seen in United Kingdom MALAYAN TIN PRICE TO U. S. IS LOWERED
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
That Lucky Old Sun
Frankie Laine with Judd Conlon's Rhythmaires, Harry Geller and His Orchestra, and Carl Fischer
#1 at the box office
I Was a Male War Bride
The must-have
LEGO (Automatic Binding Bricks)
You Share a Birthday With
- T. S. Eliot (1888)
- Martin Heidegger (1889)
- Pope Paul VI (1897)
- Ivan Pavlov (1849)
- Manmohan Singh (1932)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
gobbledygooksnafufubar
Gi
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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
28,011 days ago
(76 years, 271 days)