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Sunday, March 19, 1939
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The Headlines
Deputies Accord Decree Powers To Daladier to Defend France; Ambassador Is Called Home From Berlin to Report--Legality of Conquest Challenged --King Carol's Plea Discussed
Read in The New York Times →The must-have
View-Master
You Share a Birthday With
- David Livingstone (1813)
- Adolf Eichmann (1906)
- Philip Roth (1933)
- Albert Speer (1905)
- Frédéric Joliot-Curie (1900)
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
31,855 days ago
(87 years, 100 days)