Sunday, May 5, 1940

From the day

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The Headlines

CAA HEAD SLATED TO BE HOPKINS AIDE; Roosevelt Announcement Is Viewed as Move to Placate Reorganization Foes

The must-have

Red Ryder BB Gun

On This Day

• World War II: Norwegian campaign: Norwegian squads in Hegra Fortress and Vinjesvingen capitulate to German forces after all other Norwegian forces in southern Norway had laid down their arms.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Karl Marx (1818)
• Søren Kierkegaard (1813)
• Henryk Sienkiewicz (1846)
• Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor (1747)
• Arthur Leonard Schawlow (1921)

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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)