Sunday, June 16, 1940

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The Headlines

SUPPLY OF POWER IS CALLED AMPLE; Utility Executives Hold Industry Is Prepared to Meet AllDemands for DefenseFEDERAL PLAN IN MAKINGNational Power Policy BoardSaid to Urge Constructionof Super-System

The must-have

Red Ryder BB Gun

On This Day

• World War II: Marshal Henri Philippe Pétain becomes Chief of State of Vichy France (Chef de l'État Français).

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• The Soviet Union occupies Lithuania, which will eventually become the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic (SSR).

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You Share a Birthday With

• Adam Smith (1723)
• Barbara McClintock (1902)
• Gustaf V (1858)
• Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (1929)
• Mohammad Mosaddegh (1882)

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)