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Wednesday, November 12, 1947
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The Headlines
$300,000,000 ASKED FOR HELP TO CHINA THROUGH FISCAL '49; Marshall, Testifying, Reveals Plan for 20 Million a Month, Starting in April, 1948 NO MORE FOR GREECE NOW World Aid and Occupation Cost to July 1 at $2,657,000,000 -- L.W. Douglas Urges Funds $300,000,000 ASKED FOR HELP TO CHINA
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
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
28,695 days ago
(78 years, 225 days)