Thursday, July 10, 1947

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The Headlines

TAX-CUT BILL SENT TO SENATE-FLOOR; DEBATE ON TODAY; Committee Approves Measure by 10 to 3 With Democrats Split 3 to 3 on Question LUCAS SUBSTITUTE BEATEN Taft Plans Saturday Session If Needed for Passage This Week -- Minority to Confer TAX-CUT BILL SENT TO SENATE FLOOR

#1 on Your Hit Parade

Peg o' My Heart

Buddy Clark

#1 at the box office

The must-have

Tonka Trucks

On This Day

• Muhammad Ali Jinnah is recommended as the first Governor-General of Pakistan by the British Prime Minister, Clement Attlee.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Nikola Tesla (1856)
• Marcel Proust (1871)
• Mahathir Mohamad (1925)
• John Calvin (1509)
• Alice Munro (1931)

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)