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Saturday, April 15, 1939
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The Headlines
WPA PRICE RIGGING CHARGED IN NASSAU; 6 Concerns, 7 Executives and a Union Leader Indicted in County Sand Deals
Read in The New York Times →The must-have
View-Master
You Share a Birthday With
- Leonardo da Vinci (1452)
- Leonhard Euler (1707)
- Nikita Khrushchev (1894)
- Kim Il Sung (1912)
- Émile Durkheim (1858)
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
31,828 days ago
(87 years, 73 days)