Wednesday, December 4, 1940

From the day

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The Headlines

M'NUTT TAKES UP NEW DEFENSE TASK; Security Head to Coordinate Recreation, Health and Allied Activities

#1 on Your Hit Parade

Only Forever

Unknown Artist

The must-have

Red Ryder BB Gun

You Share a Birthday With

• Francisco Franco (1892)
• Rainer Maria Rilke (1875)
• Thomas Carlyle (1795)
• Samuel Butler (novelist) (1835)
• Albert Bandura (1925)

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)