Monday, January 29, 1940

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The Headlines

FINNS HOLDING OFF RUSSIAN ATTEMPTS TO BREAK UP TRAP; More Hundreds of Invading Troops Reported Killed Northeast of Ladoga HEADY FIRING IN ISTHMUS Soviet Prisoner Says He Was Only Survivor of 70 in Unit-- Moscow Report Again Blank

The must-have

Red Ryder BB Gun

On This Day

• Three trains on the Nishinari Line; present Sakurajima Line, in Osaka, Japan, collide and explode while approaching Ajikawaguchi Station. One hundred and eighty-one people are killed.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Anton Chekhov (1860)
• William McKinley (1843)
• Romain Rolland (1866)
• Emanuel Swedenborg (1688)
• Abdus Salam (1926)

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)