Wednesday, January 15, 1947

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The Headlines

Retail Price Drops Are Near For Poultry and Vegetables; RETAIL PRICE DROP SEEN IN POULTRY

#1 on Your Hit Parade

The Old Lamp-Lighter

Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye with Billy Williams

The must-have

Tonka Trucks

On This Day

• The Black Dahlia murder: The dismembered corpse of Elizabeth Short is found in Los Angeles.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Martin Luther King Jr. (1929)
• Molière (1622)
• Gamal Abdel Nasser (1918)
• Pierre-Joseph Proudhon (1809)
• Sofya Kovalevskaya (1850)

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)