Friday, May 3, 1940

From the day

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The Headlines

STEP ANGERS ROME; Fleet Move Increases Italian Resentment Toward Allies PEACE ASSURANCE LIMITED Ciano Tells U.S. Envoy It Goes for Only Ten Days--Denies Designs on Yugoslavia

The must-have

Red Ryder BB Gun

You Share a Birthday With

• Niccolò Machiavelli (1469)
• Golda Meir (1898)
• Bing Crosby (1903)
• James Brown (1933)
• Steven Weinberg (1933)

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)