Monday, June 23, 1947

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The Headlines

Hungarians Accuse British Of Hinting Habsburg Return; White Book Says Agents Asked Nagy Party's View on Monarchy -- London Described as Willing to Recognize Horthy Hungary Sees Plot for Habsburgs

#1 on Your Hit Parade

Chi-Baba, Chi-Baba (My Bambino Go to Sleep)

Perry Como and the Satisfiers with Lloyd Shaffer and His Orchestra

#1 at the box office

The must-have

Tonka Trucks

On This Day

• The United States Senate follows the United States House of Representatives in overriding U.S. President Harry S. Truman's veto of the Taft–Hartley Act.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Alan Turing (1912)
• Anna Akhmatova (1889)
• Edward VIII (1894)
• Martti Ahtisaari (1937)
• Oda Nobunaga (1534)

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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)