Thursday, April 27, 1950

From the day

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The Headlines

Telegraph Office Raided, 2 Seized In Jersey Drive Against Bookmaking; BOOKMAKING LAID TO WESTERN UNION Hearing Set for May 5 Comment Withheld Here

#1 at the box office

The must-have

Silly Putty

You Share a Birthday With

• Ulysses S. Grant (1822)
• Mary Wollstonecraft (1759)
• Herbert Spencer (1820)
• Samuel Morse (1791)
• Sergei Prokofiev (1891)

Slang

Tech Check

Credit Cards, Pager & Otis Elevators (Self-Service).

Style of 1950

Silhouette: Hourglass and tailored

Material: Cotton and poodle cloth

• Poodle skirts
• Twinsets
• Cat-eye glasses

Cost of Living (1950)