Saturday, August 16, 1947

From the day

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The Headlines

Washington Rebuffs Moscow On 4-Power Japanese Treaty; Note to Russia Denies Accords at Cairo, Yalta or Potsdam Set Procedure -- Implies Ten-Nation Talk Will Be Held U.S. REBUFFS SOVIET ON JAPANESE PACT

#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

• Zachary Taylor (1816)
• Charles Bukowski (1920)
• Menachem Begin (1913)
• Gabriel Lippmann (1845)
• T. E. Lawrence (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)