Friday, June 20, 1947

From the day

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The Headlines

CIO Ship Men Ratify Pacts; Sailings to Resume Today; ANNOUNCING MARITIME AGREEMENT FOR EAST AND GULF 3 CIO SHIP UNIONS RATIFY CONTRACTS

#1 on Your Hit Parade

Peg o' My Heart

The Harmonicats

#1 at the box office

The must-have

Tonka Trucks

You Share a Birthday With

• Jacques Offenbach (1819)
• Martin Landau (1928)
• Jean-Marie Le Pen (1928)
• Errol Flynn (1909)
• Sigismund III Vasa (1566)

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)