Saturday, December 20, 1947

From the day

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The Headlines

PRESIDENT IS GRAVE; Warns Poverty and Fear of Tyranny Will Grip All if Europe Falls URGES SWIFT ACTION Asks $6,800,000,000 for 15 Months From April 1, and New ERP Agency TRUMAN REQUESTS 17 BILLION FOR ERP

#1 on Your Hit Parade

Ballerina

Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra with Vaughn Monroe

#1 at the box office

The must-have

Tonka Trucks

You Share a Birthday With

• Kim Young-sam (1927)
• Jaroslav Heyrovský (1890)
• John III of Sweden (1537)
• Ferdinand Buisson (1841)
• David Bohm (1917)

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)