Wednesday, May 21, 1947

From the day

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The Headlines

Navy Gets $3,469,761,100 In House Vote Backing Slash; HOUSE BACKS CUT IN VOTE ON NAVY

#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

• Albrecht Dürer (1471)
• Andrei Sakharov (1921)
• Philip II of Spain (1527)
• Mary Robinson (1944)
• Willem Einthoven (1860)

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)