Friday, April 26, 1940

From the day

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The Headlines

REICH SEES ALLIES KEPT ON DEFENSIVE; Berlin Pictures Foe in State of Nerves Wondering Where Next Blow Will Fall

The must-have

Red Ryder BB Gun

You Share a Birthday With

• Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889)
• AD 121 (121)
• AD 757 (757)
• Eugène Delacroix (1798)
• I. M. Pei (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)