Thursday, March 7, 1940

From the day

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The Headlines

HOUSE GROUP VOTES LABOR ACT CHANGE; NEW DEALERS BALK; Smith Committee Divides 3-2 on Submitting Amendments Today--Details Kept Secret CHAIRMAN DECIDES TO ACT Talks to Roosevelt an Hour First--Cox and Others Map Plans to Speed Report

The must-have

Red Ryder BB Gun

You Share a Birthday With

• Alessandro Manzoni (1785)
• Maurice Ravel (1875)
• Tomáš Masaryk (1850)
• John Herschel (1792)
• Piet Mondrian (1872)

Slang

Tech Check

Color TV Broadcasts, Jeep & Radar Systems.

Style of 1940

Silhouette: Boxy and austere (Utility)

Material: Rayon and tweed

• Victory rolls
• Utility suits
• Snoods

Cost of Living (1940)