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Monday, February 13, 1939
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The Headlines
5 CARDINALS LEAD IN VATICAN CONTEST; Ascalesi, Nasalli-Rocca, Dalla Costa, Lavitrano and Fossati Backed by Precedents
Read in The New York Times →The must-have
View-Master
You Share a Birthday With
- Thomas Robert Malthus (1766)
- William Shockley (1910)
- Georges Simenon (1903)
- Ivan Krylov (1769)
- Paul Biya (1933)
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
31,889 days ago
(87 years, 134 days)