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Monday, January 15, 1940
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The Headlines
ECONOMY OUTLOOK IN CONGRESS HELD BRIGHTEST IN YEARS; Advocates Prepare for First Test of Session on Supply Bill in House Tomorrow 30 MILLION CUT INVOLVED Large Sums Reported Lopped Off NLRB, SEC Budgets-- Leaders Wary on Finn Aid
Read in The New York Times →The must-have
Red Ryder BB Gun
You Share a Birthday With
- Martin Luther King Jr. (1929)
- Molière (1622)
- Gamal Abdel Nasser (1918)
- Pierre-Joseph Proudhon (1809)
- Sofya Kovalevskaya (1850)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
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Bobby Soxer
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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)
Loaf of Bread
$0.08
Gallon of Gas
$0.18
Average Home
$2,938
New Car
$850
Time Elapsed
31,554 days ago
(86 years, 164 days)