Sunday, February 23, 1947

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The Headlines

SALES SUCCESSFUL ON UTILITY ISSUES; Electric Bond & Share Finds Ready Market for Holdings in Subsidiaries

#1 on Your Hit Parade

Managua, Nicaragua

Freddy Martin and His Orchestra with Stuart Wade

#1 at the box office

The Jolson Story

The must-have

Tonka Trucks

On This Day

• International Organization for Standardization is founded.

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You Share a Birthday With

• George Frideric Handel (1685)
• Karl Jaspers (1883)
• Kazimir Malevich (1878)
• Pope Paul II (1417)
• Peter Fonda (1940)

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)