Tuesday, February 27, 1940

From the day

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The Headlines

REICH SHIP LOSSES IN ARCTIC REPORTED; Two Freighters Said to Have Been Sunk by Allied Patrol --Third Runs Aground Wreckage of Ship Found Germans Reported Frozen In REICH SHIP LOSSES IN ARCTIC REPORTED Battle Reports Denied

The must-have

Red Ryder BB Gun

On This Day

• Martin Kamen and Sam Ruben discover carbon-14.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Constantine the Great (272)
• John Steinbeck (1902)
• Elizabeth Taylor (1932)
• Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807)
• Joanne Woodward (1930)

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)