Wednesday, August 13, 1947

From the day

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The Headlines

Security Council Will Hear Indonesians Present Case; Body Votes, 8-3, to Admit Representatives of Republic -- Sovereignty Is Issue -- Dutch Appeal for Round Table COUNCIL WILL HEAR INDONESIANS' CASE

#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

You Share a Birthday With

• Fidel Castro (1926)
• Alfred Hitchcock (1899)
• Frederick Sanger (1918)
• Karl Liebknecht (1871)
• John Logie Baird (1888)

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)