Sunday, February 16, 1947

From the day

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The Headlines

To List Central, South West

#1 on Your Hit Parade

Open the Door, Richard!

Count Basie and His Orchestra with Harry Edison and Bill Johnson

#1 at the box office

The must-have

Tonka Trucks

You Share a Birthday With

• Octave Mirbeau (1848)
• Kim Jong Il (1941)
• Ernst Haeckel (1834)
• Philip Melanchthon (1497)
• Francis Galton (1822)

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)