Monday, February 19, 1940

From the day

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The Headlines

Wagner Drafts a Mediation Bill For Voluntary Peace in Industry; New U.S. Board Would Seek to Obtain Direct Negotiations in Disputes--Plan Is Outside Field of the NLRB

The must-have

Red Ryder BB Gun

You Share a Birthday With

• Nicolaus Copernicus (1473)
• Svante Arrhenius (1859)
• Saparmurat Niyazov (1940)
• André Breton (1896)
• Élie Ducommun (1833)

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)