Sunday, October 19, 1947

From the day

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The Headlines

BOND-PRICING KEY SOUGHT IN BIG LOAN; Distributors Await the Results of $100,000,000 Offering for Phone Company RANGE OF YIELDS AT ISSUE New Investment Area Is Seen if Return Exceeds 3% -- Selling Problem

#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

• Miguel Ángel Asturias (1899)
• Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar (1910)
• John le Carré (1931)
• Philip Pullman (1946)
• Marsilio Ficino (1433)

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)