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Friday, January 27, 1939

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The Headlines

DALADIER IS FIRM; 'Hour of Peril' Nearing, Chamber Is Told--Gets Vote of Confidence EMPIRE HELD INVIOLATE France and Britain in Accord on Plan if Italy Refuses to Quit Spain at War's End Blum Offers Amendment DALADIER IS FIRM IN WARNING ITALY Speech Lacked Aggressiveness Relations With Italy Cited Defends Policy on Spain

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The must-have

View-Master

On This Day

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

damefellaswelllousy

Hardboiled

clip jointgriftershamusgunsel

Swing Era

alligatorjitterbugkiller dillerin the groove

Catchphrases of 1939

  • Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn
  • Toto, I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore

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

31,906 days ago

(87 years, 151 days)