Friday, July 11, 1947

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The Headlines

PRESIDENT HOLDS ATOM SECRET SAFE IN 'SOUVENIR' THEFT; Backs Hickenlooper Statement Security Was Not Breached by 2 Army Sergeants' Act FILMS IN STOLEN MATTER Negatives Pictured Equipment Used in Making Bombs, Says Representative Van Zandt PRESIDENT HOLDS ATOM SECRET SAFE

#1 on Your Hit Parade

Peg o' My Heart

Buddy Clark

#1 at the box office

The must-have

Tonka Trucks

On This Day

• The Exodus 1947 heads to Palestine from France.

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You Share a Birthday With

• John Quincy Adams (1767)
• Giorgio Armani (1934)
• Alexander Prokhorov (1916)
• Robert the Bruce (1274)
• Yul Brynner (1920)

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)