Tuesday, December 30, 1947

From the day

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The Headlines

May Ask Oil Users To Convert to Coal

#1 on Your Hit Parade

Ballerina

Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra

#1 at the box office

The must-have

Tonka Trucks

On This Day

• Cold War: King Michael I of Romania is forced to abdicate by the Soviet Union-backed Communist government of Romania.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Rudyard Kipling (1865)
• Tu Youyou (1930)
• Hideki Tojo (1884)
• Patti Smith (1946)
• Omar Bongo (1935)

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)