Monday, May 12, 1947

From the day

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The Headlines

King Accepts Appointment

#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

• Florence Nightingale (1820)
• Katharine Hepburn (1907)
• Jiddu Krishnamurti (1895)
• Dorothy Hodgkin (1910)
• George Carlin (1937)

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)