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Friday, August 1, 1947
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The Headlines
INCENSED BRITONS KILL 5 IN TEL AVIV TO AVENGE HANGING; Troops and Police Run Riot After the Finding of Two Slain Sergeant Hostages BOOBY TRAP ON ONE BODY Blast Occurs as the Searchers Cut It Down -- Palestine Voices Horror at Crime INCENSED BRITONS KILL 5 IN TEL AVIV IMMIGRANTS RESISTING DEPORTATION IN PALESTINE
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
28,798 days ago
(78 years, 328 days)