Monday, March 25, 1940

From the day

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The Headlines

2 LEPKE MEN SEIZED IN MURDER INQUIRY; Held as Vagrants, but One Is Wanted in Up-State Killing --Maxie the Jerk Jailed

The must-have

Red Ryder BB Gun

You Share a Birthday With

• Béla Bartók (1881)
• Catherine of Siena (1347)
• Norman Borlaug (1914)
• Gloria Steinem (1934)
• Simone Signoret (1921)

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)