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Saturday, July 12, 1947
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The Headlines
WEDEMEYER GOING TO APPRAISE CHINA; General Will Include Korea in Study on Which the United States Will Base Policy WEDEMEYER SENT TO APPRAISE CHINA
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Peg o' My Heart
Buddy Clark
#1 at the box office
The Perils of Pauline
The must-have
Tonka Trucks
You Share a Birthday With
- Pablo Neruda (1904)
- Henry David Thoreau (1817)
- Amedeo Modigliani (1884)
- Buckminster Fuller (1895)
- Bill Cosby (1937)
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
28,819 days ago
(78 years, 349 days)