Saturday, January 25, 1947

From the day

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The Headlines

Secretary Will Carry Out Plans Outlined by Byrnes; Expected to Take Similar Technical Staffs to Big Four Meeting -- Acheson to Head State Department in His Absence MARSHALL WILL GO TO BIG 4 MEETING

#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

• Thomas Goldsmith Jr. files a patent for a "Cathode Ray Tube Amusement Device", the first ever electronic game.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Virginia Woolf (1882)
• Robert Burns (1759)
• Vladimir Vysotsky (1938)
• W. Somerset Maugham (1874)
• Robert Boyle (1627)

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)