Thursday, June 12, 1947

From the day

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The Headlines

Plane With No One at Controls Goes 2,000 Miles to Set Record; PILOTLESS PLANE SETS NEW RECORD

#1 on Your Hit Parade

Mam'selle

Art Lund

#1 at the box office

Duel in the Sun

The must-have

Tonka Trucks

You Share a Birthday With

• George H. W. Bush (1924)
• Anne Frank (1929)
• Anthony Eden (1897)
• Egon Schiele (1890)
• Johanna Spyri (1827)

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)