Tuesday, September 10, 1940

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The Headlines

DRAFT CALL DELAY BARRED BY SENATE IN HOUSE BILL TEST; Clark of Missouri Is Beaten on Attempt to Bind Conferees for Fish Amendment AGE COMPROMISE IS SEEN House Version's 21 to 45 Left Open--Agreement Is Likely on Draft of Industry Adams Motion Defeated DRAFT BILL DELAY BARRED BY SENATE Wheeler Attacks House Bill Opposes Ballyhoo for Recruits

#1 on Your Hit Parade

I'll Never Smile Again

Unknown Artist

The must-have

Red Ryder BB Gun

You Share a Birthday With

• Arthur Compton (1892)
• Karl Lagerfeld (1933)
• Pope Julius III (1487)
• Charles Sanders Peirce (1839)
• Georges Bataille (1897)

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)