Saturday, September 14, 1940

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The Headlines

The International Situation; The War in Europe and Africa American Developments

#1 on Your Hit Parade

I'll Never Smile Again

Unknown Artist

The must-have

Red Ryder BB Gun

On This Day

• Ip massacre: The Hungarian Army, supported by local Hungarians, kill 158 Romanian civilians in Ip, Sălaj, a village in Northern Transylvania, an act of ethnic cleansing.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Alexander von Humboldt (1769)
• Francisco de Quevedo (1580)
• Renzo Piano (1937)
• Margaret Sanger (1879)
• Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa (1486)

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)