Sunday, October 26, 1947

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The Headlines

INDUSTRIES READY FOR MOBILIZATION; Plants Providing Procedures to Avoid Delays in Future Like those in Last War SOMERVELL TELLS PLANS Koppers Corp. President Has Program to Fill Breach Until Washington Acts

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Near You

Francis Craig and His Orchestra with Bob Lamm

#1 at the box office

The must-have

Tonka Trucks

On This Day

• Partition of India: The Maharaja of Kashmir and Jammu signs the Instrument of Accession with India, beginning the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947–1948 and the Kashmir conflict.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Hillary Clinton (1947)
• François Mitterrand (1916)
• Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (1919)
• Georges Danton (1759)
• Bob Hoskins (1942)

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)