Saturday, April 12, 1947

From the day

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The Headlines

Churchill Hails U.S. Policy As Stabilizing Middle East; Russia's Aims to Control Whole Balkan Area and Turkey, in His View, Face Restraint Short of War in Truman Plan Churchill Looks to U.S. to Save Mid-East Peace WARTIME PRIME MINISTER AND PRESIDENT

#1 on Your Hit Parade

Heartaches

Ted Weems and His Orchestra with Elmo Tanner

#1 at the box office

The must-have

Tonka Trucks

You Share a Birthday With

• Jacob Zuma (1942)
• Montserrat Caballé (1933)
• David Letterman (1947)
• Tom Clancy (1947)
• Jan Tinbergen (1903)

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)