Friday, December 20, 1940

From the day

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The Headlines

Sinclair and Cranborne Proposed for U.S. Post

#1 on Your Hit Parade

Frenesi

Unknown Artist

The must-have

Red Ryder BB Gun

On This Day

• Captain America Comics #1, containing the first appearance of the superhero Captain America, is published.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Kim Young-sam (1927)
• Jaroslav Heyrovský (1890)
• John III of Sweden (1537)
• Ferdinand Buisson (1841)
• David Bohm (1917)

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)