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On the date
Monday, November 24, 1947
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The Headlines
MOLOTOV ARRIVES FOR BIG 4 PARLEY; FIRM STAND SEEN; U.S. and British Say Russians Are Unlikely to Offer Any Concessions on Germany CENTRAL RULE CALLED GOAL Soviet Minister Said to Have Flatly Rejected Suggestion for Withdrawing Troops MOLOTOV ARRIVES FOR BIG 4 PARLEY
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
Body and Soul
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
28,683 days ago
(78 years, 213 days)