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Saturday, June 14, 1947
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The Headlines
ATOMIC LEAD LINKED BY AUSTIN TO PEACE; He Says at M.I.T. It Imposes 'Duty' to Maintain World Security -- Assails Soviet A-BOMB IMPOSES DUTY, SAYS AUSTIN
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Mam'selle
Art Lund
#1 at the box office
Duel in the Sun
The must-have
Tonka Trucks
You Share a Birthday With
- Donald Trump (1946)
- Che Guevara (1928)
- Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811)
- Charles-Augustin de Coulomb (1736)
- Karl Landsteiner (1868)
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
28,846 days ago
(79 years, 11 days)