1940

THIS WAS THE YEAR...1940  U.S. President & Vice President Franklin Roosevelt & John Garner  Time Magazine Person of the Year Winston Churchill Cost of Living: New House    $3,925 Average Income   $1,725 New Car  $850 Average Rent  $30 per month Gasoline        .12 Movie Ticket             .30 Postage Stamp            .3 Cost of Food: Milk .51 per gallon Ground Coffee .42 Bacon .40 Eggs .19 Ground Beef .15

National and World News: Olympic Games were cancelled due to WWII. Winston Churchill becomes Prime Minister of Britain. Forty-hour work week goes into effect. Armistice Day blizzard kills 154 in Midwest Nylon stockings go on sale.   Popular Movies: Rebecca (Academy Award® Winner) All This, and Heaven Too The Bank Dick Fantasia The Grapes of Wrath The Mark of Zorro Pride and Prejudice Popular Music: All the Things You Are (Tommy Dorsey) Blueberry Hill (Glenn Miller) Careless (Glenn Miller) Darn That Dream (Benny Goodman) Trade Winds (Bing Crosby)