Tuesday, May 13, 1947

From the day

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The Headlines

SENATE APPROVAL OF LABOR-CURB BILL IS EXPECTED TODAY; Ball Promises to Fight in Conference Against the More Restrictive House Proposal WAGNER HITS TAFT PLAN Calls Measure 'Reactionary' and 'Trouble-Making,' Urges Truman to Veto It SENATE LABOR BILL SEEN PASSING TODAY

#1 on Your Hit Parade

Heartaches

Ted Weems and His Orchestra with Elmo Tanner

#1 at the box office

The must-have

Tonka Trucks

You Share a Birthday With

• Pope Pius IX (1792)
• Alphonse Daudet (1840)
• Maria Theresa (1717)
• Ronald Ross (1857)
• Georges Braque (1882)

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)