Friday, August 15, 1947

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The Headlines

TASS SAYS GREEKS MOLEST RUSSIANS; Charges Workers in Embassy Are Seized and 'Tortured' -- Sees Threat to Relations TASS SAYS GREEKS MOLEST RUSSIANS

#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

• India gains independence from British rule after near 190 years of British company and crown rule and joins the Commonwealth of Nations.

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• Founder of Pakistan, Muhammad Ali Jinnah is sworn in as first Governor-General of Pakistan in Karachi.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Napoleon (1769)
• Walter Scott (1771)
• Louis de Broglie (1892)
• Sri Aurobindo (1872)
• Gerty Cori (1896)

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)