Tuesday, September 16, 1947

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The Headlines

MANY MARKETS UP; Report Puts Food Cost Advance Here at 40% Since Jan. 1, 1946 CITY WORKERS SEEK RISE O'Dwyer to Name Committees to Promote Use of Fish and Cut Bread Consumption Two Meatless Days Urged by Mayor

#1 on Your Hit Parade

Near You

Francis Craig and His Orchestra with Bob Lamm

#1 at the box office

The must-have

Tonka Trucks

You Share a Birthday With

• Lee Kuan Yew (1923)
• Lauren Bacall (1924)
• B. B. King (1925)
• Karl Dönitz (1891)
• Henry V of England (1386)

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)