Wednesday, April 30, 1947

From the day

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The Headlines

COMPROMISE SEEN; U.S. LEADS FIGHT ON ARAB PROPOSAL

#1 on Your Hit Parade

Heartaches

Unknown Artist

#1 at the box office

The must-have

Tonka Trucks

On This Day

• In Nevada, Boulder Dam is renamed Hoover Dam.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777)
• Carl XVI Gustaf (1946)
• Jaroslav Hašek (1883)
• Joachim von Ribbentrop (1893)
• Mary II (1662)

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)