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Thursday, February 9, 1939
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The Headlines
RUSSIA IS SEEKING PACT WITH NATIONS IN BLACK SEA AREA; Suggests Treaty With Turkey, Rumania, Bulgaria and Greece to Thwart Reich BUCHAREST ALSO HAS PLAN Would Form an Eastern Bloc With Poland and Yugoslavia to Forestall Germany
Read in The New York Times →The must-have
View-Master
You Share a Birthday With
- William Henry Harrison (1773)
- Thomas Paine (1737)
- Jacques Monod (1910)
- Abdulaziz (1830)
- Ali-Shir Nava'i (1441)
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
31,893 days ago
(87 years, 138 days)