Sunday, May 18, 1947

From the day

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The Headlines

2,200 Homes for Veterans Unsold, Empty in City Area; Emergency Housing That Cost $25,000,000 Stands Unoccupied, Forcing Builders to Curtail Other Construction 2,200 NEW HOMES IN AREA ARE EMPTY A HOUSING PROBLEM IS SOLVED

#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

• Pope John Paul II (1920)
• Bertrand Russell (1872)
• Omar Khayyam (1048)
• Nicholas II (1868)
• Walter Gropius (1883)

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)