Tuesday, June 24, 1947

From the day

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The Headlines

SOVIET WELCOMED TO PARLEY ON AID BY FRANCE, BRITAIN; But Fears That Russians May Block Progress Are Noted in Paris and London BASIC DIVISIONS INVOLVED French Hope That Conference, Beginning Friday, Will End Its Work Within Week SOVIET WELCOMED TO PARLEY ON AID

#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

• Kenneth Arnold makes the first widely reported UFO sighting near Mount Rainier, Washington.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Ambrose Bierce (1842)
• Victor Hess (1883)
• Juan Manuel Fangio (1911)
• Martin Lewis Perl (1927)
• Julia Kristeva (1941)

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)