Friday, June 9, 1950

From the day

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The Headlines

U.S. Reds Go Underground To Foil F.B.I., Hoover Says; 540,000 Communists and Followers Seek Our Atomic, Military, Industrial Secrets, He Tells Closed Senate Unit Session HOOVER DISCLOSES RED UNDER GROUND Orbit" of Red Control Spreads Surplus Secreted for Future"

#1 at the box office

Annie Get Your Gun

The must-have

Silly Putty

You Share a Birthday With

• Peter the Great (1672)
• Bertha von Suttner (1843)
• Eric Hobsbawm (1917)
• George Stephenson (1781)
• Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor (1640)

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)