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Sunday, May 11, 1947
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The Headlines
WAGE-PROFIT TIE BARRED BY REPORT ON POST-WAR STEEL; Rise in Prices Is Linked With Expansion to Meet Expected Continuance of High Demand IMPACT ON ECONOMY SEEN Survey by Government Experts for Harriman Is Now Being Studied by the Industry Report on Post-War Steel Surveys Wages, Profits, Prices and Demand
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Heartaches
Ted Weems and His Orchestra with Elmo Tanner
#1 at the box office
Duel in the Sun
The must-have
Tonka Trucks
You Share a Birthday With
- Salvador Dalí (1904)
- Richard Feynman (1918)
- Camilo José Cela (1916)
- Edsger W. Dijkstra (1930)
- Antony Hewish (1924)
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
28,880 days ago
(79 years, 45 days)