Friday, August 30, 1940

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The Headlines

Nazis Say Britain's Bombers Are Invisible; Declare 'Secret Varnish' Hid Berlin Raiders; NAZIS SAY FOES USE INVISIBLE BOMBERS U.S. Officers Are Skeptical Many Experiments Made

#1 on Your Hit Parade

I'll Never Smile Again

Unknown Artist

The must-have

Red Ryder BB Gun

On This Day

• The Second Vienna Award reassigns the territory of Northern Transylvania from Romania to Hungary.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Ernest Rutherford (1871)
• Warren Buffett (1930)
• Mary Shelley (1797)
• Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff (1852)
• Jacques-Louis David (1748)

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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)