Tuesday, February 25, 1947

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The Headlines

Taxi Operators Seek Rise in Rates; Cite 25% Drop in Trade Since War; TAXICAB OWNERS TO ASK RATE RISE

#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

• Soviet NKVD forces in Hungary abduct Béla Kovács—secretary-general of the majority Independent Smallholders' Party—and deport him to the USSR in defiance of Parliament. His arrest is an important turning point in the Communist takeover of Hungary.

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• The formal abolition of Prussia is proclaimed by the Allied Control Council, the Prussian government having already been abolished by the Preußenschlag of 1932.

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You Share a Birthday With

• George Harrison (1943)
• Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841)
• Carlo Goldoni (1707)
• Lesya Ukrainka (1871)
• José de San Martín (1778)

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)