Wednesday, February 14, 1940

From the day

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The Headlines

NAZIS USE RED CRY IN PLEA TO LABOR; Ley Bids World's Workers Unite to Stamp Out Capitalism in New War Theme

The must-have

Red Ryder BB Gun

You Share a Birthday With

• Babur (1483)
• C. T. R. Wilson (1869)
• Leon Battista Alberti (1404)
• Max Horkheimer (1895)
• Herbert A. Hauptman (1917)

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)