Friday, February 7, 1947

From the day

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The Headlines

HOUSE DEMOCRATS PLEDGE RECASTING OF WAGNER ACT; Smith of Virginia Demands Bill That Would Flatly Prohibit the Closed Shop

#1 on Your Hit Parade

Huggin' and Chalkin'

Hoagy Carmichael with the Chickadees and Vic Schoen and His Orchestra

#1 at the box office

The must-have

Tonka Trucks

You Share a Birthday With

• Charles Dickens (1812)
• Thomas More (1478)
• Sinclair Lewis (1885)
• Alfred Adler (1870)
• Puyi (1906)

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)