Wednesday, February 12, 1947

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The Headlines

Front Page 2 -- No Title; CLARK AND GUSEV IN ANGRY DEBATE

#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

• Christian Dior unveils a "New Look", helping Paris regain its position as the capital of the fashion world.

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• The largest observed iron meteorite until that time creates an impact crater in Sikhote-Alin, in the Soviet Union.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Abraham Lincoln (1809)
• Charles Darwin (1809)
• Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor (1768)
• Anna Pavlova (1881)
• Julian Schwinger (1918)

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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)