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Wednesday, December 3, 1947
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The Headlines
HOUSE GOP FAVORS PROMPT AID ACTION; Some Members Talk of Cuts -- $590,000,000 Bill Is Offered, Set for Passage by Tuesday House GOP for Early Aid Action; Bill Filed, Vote by Tuesday Is Aim
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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
- Joseph Conrad (1857)
- Jean-Luc Godard (1930)
- France Prešeren (1800)
- Rajendra Prasad (1884)
- Charles VI of France (1368)
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
28,674 days ago
(78 years, 204 days)