Tuesday, September 24, 1940

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The Headlines

'CHIP' ROBERT QUITS DEMOCRATIC POST; Resignation Follows House Report Showing His Firm Got Defense Contracts

#1 on Your Hit Parade

I'll Never Smile Again

Unknown Artist

The must-have

Red Ryder BB Gun

You Share a Birthday With

• F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896)
• Konstantin Chernenko (1911)
• İsmet İnönü (1884)
• Gerolamo Cardano (1501)
• Horace Walpole (1717)

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)