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Thursday, February 23, 1939
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The Headlines
Red Issue Splits Lawyers Guild; Pecora Leads Attack on Radicals; Threat of Mass Resignations Backs Justice's Plea to Curb Communist Element-- Group Blocks Censure of 'Isms'
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View-Master
You Share a Birthday With
- George Frideric Handel (1685)
- Karl Jaspers (1883)
- Kazimir Malevich (1878)
- Pope Paul II (1417)
- Erich Kästner (1899)
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
31,879 days ago
(87 years, 124 days)