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Tuesday, May 6, 1947
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The Headlines
U.N. VOTES TO HEAR THE JEWISH AGENCY BEFORE COMMITTEE; Assembly, 44 to 7, With Three Abstaining, Orders Political Group to Receive Body BARS THE ASSEMBLY ITSELF It Rejects Motion Backed by Slav Bloc -- Arab Appearance May Come Up Today U.N. VOTES TO HEAR THE JEWISH AGENCY
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Linda
Ray Noble and His Orchestra with Buddy Clark
#1 at the box office
The Egg and I
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
28,885 days ago
(79 years, 50 days)