Wednesday, October 9, 1940

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The Headlines

REDS TRIUMPH, 2-1, OVER TIGERS TO WIN WORLD SERIES, 4-3; Team's First Championship in 21 Years Sets Off Rousing Celebration in Cincinnati DERRINGER STOPS DETROIT Yields Run in Third, but Two in Seventh Beat Newsom to End American League Rule

#1 on Your Hit Parade

I'll Never Smile Again

Unknown Artist

The must-have

Red Ryder BB Gun

You Share a Birthday With

• John Lennon (1940)
• Ivo Andrić (1892)
• Max von Laue (1879)
• Léopold Sédar Senghor (1906)
• Emil Fischer (1852)

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)