Thursday, January 23, 1947

From the day

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The Headlines

Hoover Accepts Mission to Europe To Ease U.S. Taxpayers' Burden; HOOVER ACCEPTS ECONOMIC MISSION FORMER PRESIDENT TO SURVEY FOOD SITUATION

#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

You Share a Birthday With

• David Hilbert (1862)
• Stendhal (1783)
• Édouard Manet (1832)
• Derek Walcott (1930)
• Megawati Sukarnoputri (1947)

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)