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Saturday, February 22, 1947
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The Headlines
VANDENBERG FIGHTS MILITARY SLASHES IN BUDGET DISPUTE; Cut of $6,000,000,000 Might Jeopardize Peace of World, He Warns the Senate OTHERS ASK STATE FUNDS But Hawkes Calls for Reduction in Full for 'Solvency' -- Compromise Plan Looms VANDENBERG HITS MILITARY SLASHES
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Open the Door, Richard!
Count Basie and His Orchestra with Harry Edison and Bill Johnson
#1 at the box office
The Jolson Story
The must-have
Tonka Trucks
You Share a Birthday With
- George Washington (1732)
- Arthur Schopenhauer (1788)
- Heinrich Hertz (1857)
- Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell (1857)
- Horst Köhler (1943)
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
28,959 days ago
(79 years, 124 days)