Monday, December 23, 1940

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The Headlines

$32,792,010 SAVING IN AID TO JOBLESS SHOWN HERE FOR '40; Cut in Relief Costs Reflects Business Upturn but Hodson Warns on Over-Optimism POINTS TO JOB INSURANCE Benefit Payments Rose by $15,000,000--Largest Drop Was in WPA Outlays

#1 on Your Hit Parade

Frenesi

Unknown Artist

The must-have

Red Ryder BB Gun

You Share a Birthday With

• Akihito (1933)
• Helmut Schmidt (1918)
• Alexander I of Russia (1777)
• Joseph Smith (1805)
• Jean-François Champollion (1790)

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)