Sunday, August 31, 1947

From the day

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The Headlines

Financial Markets Dull as European Economic Situation Overshadows Domestic Problems

#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

• Maria Montessori (1870)
• Théophile Gautier (1811)
• Hermann von Helmholtz (1821)
• Commodus (161)
• Jahangir (1569)

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)