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On the date
Tuesday, November 11, 1947
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The Headlines
UAW WILL COMPLY ON OATH; MURRAY ENDORSES REUTHER; Delegates Back Leader, 3-1, on Stand That Officers File Non-Communist Affidavits FIST FIGHTS CONTINUING CIO Chieftain Mentions Lewis in Warning the Auto Workers Against Outside Influence UAW WILL COMPLY ON TAFT ACT OATH
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Near You
Francis Craig and His Orchestra with Bob Lamm
#1 at the box office
Forever Amber
The must-have
Tonka Trucks
You Share a Birthday With
- Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821)
- Kurt Vonnegut (1922)
- Paracelsus (1493)
- Daniel Ortega (1945)
- George S. Patton (1885)
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
28,697 days ago
(78 years, 227 days)