Monday, January 6, 1947

From the day

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The Headlines

30,000 Rent Rises a Month Given By OP A on Houses and Apartments

#1 on Your Hit Parade

(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons

The King Cole Trio

#1 at the box office

The must-have

Tonka Trucks

On This Day

• Pan American Airlines becomes the first commercial airline to offer a round-the-world ticket.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Joan of Arc (1412)
• Kahlil Gibran (1883)
• Kim Dae-jung (1924)
• Carl Sandburg (1878)
• Adriano Celentano (1938)

Slang

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)