Thursday, July 25, 1940

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The Headlines

5TH COLUMN CURBS FOR THE AMERICAS URGED AT HAVANA; HULL DENIES A RIFT Argentines Confirm No Serious Differences Exist With U. S. SAFETY ZONE PACT URGED All Economic Proposals Being Embodied in Single Draft --Five Projects by U. S.

#1 on Your Hit Parade

I'll Never Smile Again

Unknown Artist

The must-have

Red Ryder BB Gun

On This Day

• General Henri Guisan orders the Swiss Army to resist German invasion and makes surrender illegal.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Elias Canetti (1905)
• Rosalind Franklin (1920)
• Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1922)
• Gavrilo Princip (1894)
• Arthur Balfour (1848)

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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)