Monday, June 2, 1947

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The Headlines

MAYOR PROCLAIMS DAY FOR PROTESTS ON LABOR MEASURE; MAYOR PROCLAIMS DAY TO AID LABOR

#1 on Your Hit Parade

Mam'selle

Art Lund

#1 at the box office

The must-have

Tonka Trucks

You Share a Birthday With

• Pope Pius X (1835)
• Thomas Hardy (1840)
• Marquis de Sade (1740)
• Karl Adolph Gjellerup (1857)
• Pope Leo XI (1535)

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)