Sunday, January 7, 1940

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The Headlines

PRESIDENT FAVORS JOINT BUDGET STUDY BY THE TWO HOUSES; Harrison Reports Roosevelt's Approval and Plans Move in the Senate Tomorrow BUT IDEA FACES ATTACK Chief Executive Confers on Battle to Renew Reciprocal Trade Treaty Program

The must-have

Red Ryder BB Gun

On This Day

• Winter War: Battle of Raate Road: The Finnish 9th Division finally defeat the numerically superior Soviet forces on the Raate-Suomussalmi road.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Millard Fillmore (1800)
• Pope Gregory XIII (1502)
• Eliezer Ben-Yehuda (1858)
• Joseph Bonaparte (1768)
• Bernadette Soubirous (1844)

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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)