Sunday, September 21, 1947

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The Headlines

MIZE DRIVES NO. 50 AS GIANTS TRIUMPH OVER PHILLIES, 5-3; First Baseman's Smash Ties Kiner for Home Run Lead -- Kerr, Thomson Connect

#1 on Your Hit Parade

Near You

Unknown Artist

#1 at the box office

The must-have

Tonka Trucks

You Share a Birthday With

• H. G. Wells (1866)
• Kwame Nkrumah (1909)
• Stephen King (1947)
• Leonard Cohen (1934)
• Abdul Hamid II (1842)

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)