Tuesday, July 29, 1947

From the day

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The Headlines

FRANCE USING UP FOREIGN CREDITS

#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

• Benito Mussolini (1883)
• Dag Hammarskjöld (1905)
• Alexis de Tocqueville (1805)
• Eyvind Johnson (1900)
• Isidor Rabi (1898)

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)