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Monday, July 28, 1947
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The Headlines
HOTEL RENT RULES PERMIT 15% RISES; IN EFFECT TODAY; Machinery to Pass Voluntary Increases and to Penalize Coercion Is Provided 5-DAY NOTICE ON EVICTIONS Landlords Required to Inform Board in Advance -- Boss Bans 'Harassment' HOTEL RENT RULES EFFECTIVE TODAY
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Peg o' My Heart
The Harmonicats
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The Hucksters
The must-have
Tonka Trucks
You Share a Birthday With
- Karl Popper (1902)
- Ludwig Feuerbach (1804)
- Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (1929)
- Marcel Duchamp (1887)
- Beatrix Potter (1866)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
gobbledygooksnafufubar
Gi
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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
28,802 days ago
(78 years, 332 days)