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Friday, February 3, 1939
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The Headlines
12 Dictators to Rule Britain in War, Each in a Self-Contained Region; Most of 'Czars' in Decentralizing Scheme to Be Named in March--1,200,000 Babies' Gas Masks Ordered, Commons Hears
Read in The New York Times →The must-have
View-Master
You Share a Birthday With
- Felix Mendelssohn (1809)
- Alvar Aalto (1898)
- Simone Weil (1909)
- Gertrude Stein (1874)
- Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (1830)
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
31,899 days ago
(87 years, 144 days)