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Tuesday, February 4, 1947
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The Headlines
JEWS IN PALESTINE RECEIVE ULTIMATUM IN FIGHT ON TERROR; Britain Gives Agency Seven Days to Cooperate With Troops and Police REJECTS 'SPY' EXCUSE Alternative of Martial Law Is Expected -- Evacuation of Civilians Continues Jews in Palestine Get Ultimatum To Help Britain in War on Terror THE BRITISH SEEKING TO STEM THE UNDERGROUND ACTIVITIES IN PALESTINE
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Huggin' and Chalkin'
Hoagy Carmichael with the Chickadees and Vic Schoen and His Orchestra
#1 at the box office
The Jolson Story
The must-have
Tonka Trucks
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
gobbledygooksnafufubar
Gi
ack-ackdear johnfatiguesroger that
Bobby Soxer
neatodreamydreamboat
Tech Check
Transistor, Polaroid Land Camera & Defibrillator.
Style of 1947
Silhouette: Cinched waist and full skirt (The New Look)
Material: Taffeta and tulle
- Gloves
- Structured hips
- Matching sets
Cost of Living (1940)
Loaf of Bread
$0.08
Gallon of Gas
$0.18
Average Home
$2,938
New Car
$850
Meanwhile
- Post-WWII Expansion — The 'Golden Age' of capitalism begins.
Time Elapsed
28,976 days ago
(79 years, 141 days)