Thursday, August 7, 1947

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The Headlines

TIGHTER AUSTERITY, WARTIME CONTROL BRITAIN'S PROGRAM; Attlee Tells of Job 'Freeze,' Longer Hours, Import Cuts to Combat Crisis TROOPS WILL BE REDUCED Prime Minister Sets Higher Output Objectives, Declares Sacrifices by All Essential ATTLEE ANNOUNCES DRASTIC PROGRAM

#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

• Thor Heyerdahl's balsa wood raft, the Kon-Tiki, smashes into the reef at Raroia in the Tuamotu Islands after a 101-day, 7,000 kilometres (4,300 mi) journey across the Pacific Ocean in an attempt to prove that pre-historic peoples could have traveled from South America.

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• The Bombay Municipal Corporation formally takes over the Bombay Electric Supply and Transport (BEST).

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You Share a Birthday With

• Elinor Ostrom (1933)
• Mata Hari (1876)
• Sofia Rotaru (1947)
• Constantius II (317)
• Ralph Bunche (1904)

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)