Thursday, August 14, 1947

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The Headlines

GRAND JURY URGES STATE TO LEGALIZE OFF-TRACK BETTING; Queens Body Calls Present Law Unenforceable and Fostering 'Ugly Growth' of Rackets JUDGE PRAISES FINDINGS Jurors' Second Presentment Calls for Rout of 'Financial Barons' Behind 'Bookies' GRAND JURY URGES OFF-TRACK BETTING

#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

• Pakistan gains independence from the British Empire as the Dominion of Pakistan, due to the partition of India.

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You Share a Birthday With

• John Galsworthy (1867)
• Hans Christian Ørsted (1777)
• Pope Pius VII (1742)
• Wim Wenders (1945)
• Richard R. Ernst (1933)

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)