Monday, June 30, 1947

From the day

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The Headlines

TRUMAN DEMANDS WE FIGHT HARDER TO SPUR EQUALITY; Need for a Revised Concept to Guard Heritage Is Told at the Lincoln Memorial NEW ACTION IS PROJECTED He Calls for End of Barriers Still Up -- Sees Government as Defender of Rights GREATER EQUALITY URGED BY TRUMAN

#1 on Your Hit Parade

Peg o' My Heart

Buddy Clark

#1 at the box office

The must-have

Tonka Trucks

You Share a Birthday With

• Czesław Miłosz (1911)
• Walter Ulbricht (1893)
• Charles VIII of France (1470)
• Paul Berg (1926)
• Susan Hayward (1917)

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)