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Saturday, June 28, 1947
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The Headlines
French Ask Committee Plan To Implement Aid Program; First Big Three Session Reported Devoted to Allaying the Suspicions of Molotov -- Bevin Insists on Secrecy in Talks FRANCE PROPOSES AID COMMITTEES BRITISH FOREIGN SECRETARY REACHES PARIS
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Chi-Baba, Chi-Baba (My Bambino Go to Sleep)
Perry Como and the Satisfiers with Lloyd Shaffer and His Orchestra
#1 at the box office
The Unfaithful
The must-have
Tonka Trucks
You Share a Birthday With
- Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712)
- Peter Paul Rubens (1577)
- Luigi Pirandello (1867)
- Muhammad Yunus (1940)
- Henry VIII (1491)
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
28,832 days ago
(78 years, 362 days)