Monday, August 4, 1947

From the day

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The Headlines

Boy, 4, Is Killed as the Police Fire At Murder Suspect in Bronx Chase; WILD POLICE SHOT KILLS BOY IN BRONX

#1 on Your Hit Parade

Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)

Tex Williams and His Western Caravan with Tex Williams and Trio

#1 at the box office

The must-have

Tonka Trucks

On This Day

• The Supreme Court of Japan is established.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Louis Armstrong (1901)
• Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792)
• Knut Hamsun (1859)
• Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother (1900)
• William Rowan Hamilton (1805)

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)