Tuesday, July 22, 1947

From the day

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The Headlines

TRUMAN REPORTS PEAK PROSPERITY; ADVISES CAUTION; Tells Congress That Output Is Running at Record Rate of $225,000,000,000 Annually JOBS, INCOME SET MARK But President Warns Price, Wage Adjustments Are Needed to Bar Costly Depression PROSPERITY IN U.S. CALLED A RECORD

#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

• Gustav Ludwig Hertz (1887)
• Janusz Korczak (1878)
• Selman Waksman (1888)
• Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel (1784)
• Louise Fletcher (1934)

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)