Monday, February 5, 1940

From the day

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The Headlines

FIERCE RED DRIVE CHECKED BY FINNS; BOMBS RUIN CITIES; 'Verdun' of Mannerheim Line Held Despite Bombardment of World-War Scale VIBORG CATHEDRAL IS HIT Raiders Also Pound Abo Again as Civil Casualties Mount-- Kuhmo Attacks Fail

The must-have

Red Ryder BB Gun

You Share a Birthday With

• William S. Burroughs (1914)
• Robert Peel (1788)
• Robert Hofstadter (1915)
• Adlai Stevenson II (1900)
• Joris-Karl Huysmans (1848)

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)