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Saturday, July 26, 1947
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The Headlines
Dutch Plan 'Regular' Regime In Indies, Drive on Capital; DUTCH AIM TO OUST INDONESIAN REGIME DUTCH TROOPS OPERATING AGAINST THE INDONESIAN FORCES IN JAVA DUTCH CONTINUE INDONESIAN CLEAN-UP AND PRESS DRIVES ON CAPITAL
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Peg o' My Heart
The Harmonicats
#1 at the box office
The Hucksters
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
28,804 days ago
(78 years, 334 days)