Wednesday, August 20, 1947

From the day

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The Headlines

PR REFERENDUM NOW SEEMS SURE; 125,000 Names on Petitions to Repeal Against 50,000 Needed for Ballot

#1 on Your Hit Parade

Peg o' My Heart

The Three Suns

#1 at the box office

The must-have

Tonka Trucks

You Share a Birthday With

• Benjamin Harrison (1833)
• H. P. Lovecraft (1890)
• Rajiv Gandhi (1944)
• Slobodan Milošević (1941)
• Salvatore Quasimodo (1901)

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)