Sunday, January 14, 1940

From the day

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The Headlines

MANHATTAN REALTY DRAWS MORE FUNDS; Borough's New Mortgage Loans Rose 18% in 1939 to Reach $47,118,455 1,596 PARCELS INVOLVED Flow of Fresh Capital Into the Market Here Is Heaviest in Four Years

The must-have

Red Ryder BB Gun

You Share a Birthday With

• 1949 (1849)
• Albert Schweitzer (1875)
• Yukio Mishima (1925)
• Giulio Andreotti (1919)
• Mehmed VI (1861)

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)