Wednesday, August 28, 1940

From the day

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The Headlines

Johnson Leads in All California Primaries, Democrat, Republican and Progressive; CALIFORNIA GIVES JOHNSON BIG LEAD

#1 on Your Hit Parade

I'll Never Smile Again

Unknown Artist

The must-have

Red Ryder BB Gun

You Share a Birthday With

• Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749)
• Paul Martin (1938)
• Jack Kirby (1917)
• Godfrey Hounsfield (1919)
• C. Wright Mills (1916)

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)