Sunday, August 4, 1940

From the day

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The Headlines

NAZI BASES BOMBED; Airfields and Oil Works Over Wide Area Hit, British Report GERMAN ATTACKS PRESSED Range From Southeast English Coast to Scotland--Berlin Denies Hamburg Havoc

#1 on Your Hit Parade

I'll Never Smile Again

Unknown Artist

The must-have

Red Ryder BB Gun

You Share a Birthday With

• Louis Armstrong (1901)
• Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792)
• Knut Hamsun (1859)
• Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother (1900)
• William Rowan Hamilton (1805)

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)