Monday, July 29, 1940

From the day

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The Headlines

HEAT WAVE DRIVES MILLIONS FROM CITY; RELIEF NOT YET DUE; 93.4 Is Recorded on the Third Successive Day of Above-90 Temperatures HUMIDITY CLIMBS HIGHER Promised Cold Mass From West Gets Hot Before It Can Help--Day Is Windless

#1 on Your Hit Parade

I'll Never Smile Again

Unknown Artist

The must-have

Red Ryder BB Gun

You Share a Birthday With

• Benito Mussolini (1883)
• Dag Hammarskjöld (1905)
• Alexis de Tocqueville (1805)
• Isidor Rabi (1898)
• Eyvind Johnson (1900)

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)