Friday, October 11, 1940

From the day

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The Headlines

WILLKIE PICTURES POWERFUL AMERICA IF REPUBLICANS WIN; Vast Expansion to Employ All and Make Country Strong Is Feasible Now, He Says 'WEAKNESS LEADS TO WAR' New Deal 'Despair' Promotes This, Risks 'Finished' Nation, He Warns at Pawtucket

#1 on Your Hit Parade

I'll Never Smile Again

Unknown Artist

The must-have

Red Ryder BB Gun

You Share a Birthday With

• Eleanor Roosevelt (1884)
• François Mauriac (1885)
• Bobby Charlton (1937)
• Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers (1758)
• Roman Jakobson (1896)

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)