Sunday, May 4, 1947

From the day

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The Headlines

INVESTORS ACQUIRE EAST SIDE REALTY NEAR THE U.N. SITE; Buy 22 Scattered Parcels in Biggest Deal Adjoining the World Capital SWEEPING CHANGES SEEN Broker Expects Area to Be Built Up Like the Grand Central Zone INVESTORS ACQUIRE REALTY NEAR U.N.

#1 on Your Hit Parade

Linda

Ray Noble and His Orchestra with Buddy Clark

#1 at the box office

The must-have

Tonka Trucks

You Share a Birthday With

• Audrey Hepburn (1929)
• Hosni Mubarak (1928)
• Thomas Henry Huxley (1825)
• Amos Oz (1939)
• Kakuei Tanaka (1918)

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)