Friday, June 13, 1947

From the day

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The Headlines

MAYOR COMES OUT FOR FARE INCREASE IF PUBLIC VOTES IT; Wants Only Enough to Cover Operating Deficits, With Debt Service Left to Taxes COMMITTEE TO SET RATE Report Is Due Within 3 Weeks, Referendum Likely in Fall -- Transit Board Consulted MAYOR FAVORABLE TO FARE INCREASE

#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

• James Clerk Maxwell (1831)
• Ban Ki-moon (1944)
• W. B. Yeats (1865)
• John Forbes Nash Jr. (1928)
• Fernando Pessoa (1888)

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)