1947 Table of Contents

	July 1925 - December 1970
	Gus Wilson's Model Garage
	The Author The Stories 1925-1929 1930-1939 1940 - 49 1950 - 59 1960 - 69 1970
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	1947 Table of Contents
Home Site Map Cover Galleries Of Interest Martin Bunn Gus Wilson The Gus Project Word® Docs Original Scans Hall of Fame Mechanic's Creed Comments Take the Test Answers Hints from the Model Garage Navigation	1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949
		January -	GUS DROPS IN FOR PIE	July -	GUS EARNS AN ASSIST
		February -	GUS SLOWS A SPEEDER	August -	GUS IS TAKEN FOR A RIDE
		March -	GUS GIVES SPECIAL SERVICE	September -	GUS COMES HOME TO TROUBLE
		April -	GUS TAMES A BUCKING FLIVVER	October -	GUS AND THE HARMONIC PIXIE
		May -	GUS SETTLES AN INTERNATIONAL INCIDENT	November -	GUS SPOTS DOUBLE TROUBLE
		June -	GUS SHORT CUTS A LONG JOB	December -	GUS PRESCRIBES AN OIL CHANGE
		*In the News...* ● Britain nationalizes coal mines (Jan. 1). Peace treaties for Italy, Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary, Finland signed in Paris (Feb. 10). ● Soviet Union rejects U.S. plan for UN atomic-energy control (March 4). ● Truman proposes Truman Doctrine, which was to aid Greece and Turkey in resisting communist expansion (March 12). ● Marshall Plan for European recovery proposed - a coordinated program to help European nations recover from ravages of war (June). (By the time it ended in 1951, this "European Recovery Program" had cost $13 billion.) ● India and Pakistan gain independence from Britain (Aug. 15). ● U.S. Air Force pilot Chuck Yeager becomes first person to break the sound barrier (Oct. 14). ● Jackie Robinson joins the Brooklyn Dodgers. ● Anne Frank's The Diary of a Young Girl published. *Automotive News* ● Henry Ford dies at 83