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On the date
Monday, December 1, 1947
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The Headlines
Aid Bill Passage in Senate Is Forecast for This Week; $597,000,000 Measure Is Expected to Win by Overwhelming Vote -- Ives Warns of U.S. Enslavement to Moscow AID BILL PASSAGE FORECAST lN WEEK
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
Green Dolphin Street
The must-have
Tonka Trucks
You Share a Birthday With
- Georgy Zhukov (1896)
- Nikolai Lobachevsky (1792)
- Hasan ibn Ali (624)
- Bette Midler (1945)
- Louis VI of France (1081)
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
28,677 days ago
(78 years, 207 days)