Tuesday, December 23, 1947

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The Headlines

JEWS' SHIP HALTED CLOSE TO PALESTINE; British Navy Intercepts 800-- Four Are Believed Killed as Clashes Diminish JEWS' SHIP HALTED CLOSE TO PALESTINE

#1 on Your Hit Parade

Ballerina

Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra with Vaughn Monroe

#1 at the box office

The must-have

Tonka Trucks

On This Day

• The transistor is first demonstrated at Bell Laboratories.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Akihito (1933)
• Helmut Schmidt (1918)
• Alexander I of Russia (1777)
• Joseph Smith (1805)
• Jean-François Champollion (1790)

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)