Wednesday, September 10, 1947

From the day

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The Headlines

LONDON EXPORT AIM UP 40% FOR 1948; Proposal Is Tied to Army Cut -- Coal Strike Is Unchanged -- Peers Condemn Regime Britain Maps 40% Export Rise In 1948 and Cut in Armed Forces

#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

• Arthur Compton (1892)
• Karl Lagerfeld (1933)
• Pope Julius III (1487)
• Charles Sanders Peirce (1839)
• Georges Bataille (1897)

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)