Wednesday, December 18, 1940

From the day

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The Headlines

Landon Hears Nazis Plan An Invasion in February

#1 on Your Hit Parade

Frenesi

Unknown Artist

The must-have

Red Ryder BB Gun

You Share a Birthday With

• Joseph Stalin (1878)
• Willy Brandt (1913)
• J. J. Thomson (1856)
• Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria (1863)
• Paul Klee (1879)

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)