Friday, October 25, 1940

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The Headlines

SPANIARDS WARNED DIE HAS BEEN CAST; Entry Into War is Hinted, With Pleas for Erasure of Civil War Differences

#1 on Your Hit Parade

Only Forever

Unknown Artist

The must-have

Red Ryder BB Gun

On This Day

• Benjamin O. Davis Sr. is named the first African American general in the United States Army.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Pablo Picasso (1881)
• Georges Bizet (1838)
• Évariste Galois (1811)
• Johann Strauss II (1825)
• Max Stirner (1806)

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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)