Saturday, June 22, 1940

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The Headlines

DEFENSE IN TRADE; President Says Cartel for Hemisphere Will Supplement Arms ALL ARE INVITED IN Totalitarian Economy a Threat to Liberty of West, He Adds Details to Be Worked Out THE PRESIDENT'S STATEMENT ROOSEVELT LINKS CARTEL TO DEFENSE Concerned With Surpluses As to the Debts Problem

The must-have

Red Ryder BB Gun

On This Day

• World War II: France is forced to sign the Second Compiègne armistice with Germany, in the same railroad car in which the Germans signed the Armistice in 1918.

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You Share a Birthday With

• AD 1000 (1000)
• Erich Maria Remarque (1898)
• Giuseppe Mazzini (1805)
• Wilhelm von Humboldt (1767)
• Billy Wilder (1906)

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)