Friday, October 31, 1947

From the day

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The Headlines

U.S. Sending Scientists to London; First Such Mission in Embassies; SCIENCE MISSION GOING TO LONDON

#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

• Hokusai (1760)
• John Keats (1795)
• Chiang Kai-shek (1887)
• Johannes Vermeer (1632)
• Herman Van Rompuy (1947)

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)