Saturday, February 1, 1947

From the day

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The Headlines

PANIC SEIZES FORTY IN TROLLEY CAR FIRE; PANIC SEIZES FORTY IN TROLLEY CAR FIRE

#1 on Your Hit Parade

(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons

Unknown Artist

#1 at the box office

The must-have

Tonka Trucks

You Share a Birthday With

• Boris Yeltsin (1931)
• Clark Gable (1901)
• John Ford (1894)
• Langston Hughes (1902)
• Emilio Segrè (1905)

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)