Wednesday, November 13, 1940

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The Headlines

3 POWDER PLANTS BLOW UP IN EAST; 14 DEAD, 23 HURT; EXPLOSIONS WRECK PLANTS IN NEW JERSEY AND PENNSYLVANIA WHILE FIRE SWEEPS A GEORGIA ARMORY

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Only Forever

Unknown Artist

The must-have

Red Ryder BB Gun

On This Day

• Walt Disney's animated musical film Fantasia is first released at New York's Broadway Theatre, on the first night of a roadshow.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Augustine of Hippo (354)
• Robert Louis Stevenson (1850)
• Edward III (1312)
• Garry Marshall (1934)
• Edward Adelbert Doisy (1893)

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)