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Sunday, January 8, 1939
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The Headlines
Governor Lehman Exhorts Party To the Service of All the People; Tells 1,000 at Jackson Day Dinner Here That Democrats Deserve Chief Credit for Revived Interest in Government
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Slang
Slang of the decade
General
damefellaswelllousy
Hardboiled
clip jointgriftershamusgunsel
Swing Era
alligatorjitterbugkiller dillerin the groove
Tech Check
Television Sets (World's Fair), View-Master & Helicopter (Sikorsky).
Cost of Living (1930)
Loaf of Bread
$0.09
Gallon of Gas
$0.20
Average Home
$3,900
New Car
$640
Time Elapsed
31,925 days ago
(87 years, 170 days)