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Tuesday, April 18, 1939

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The Headlines

REPUBLICANS OFFER $30,000,000 IN CUTS FOR STATE BUDGET; Legislators Urge $33,000,000 in Taxes Instead of Lehman's $64,000,000 Program ADOPT HARD-LIQUOR LEVY Cigarette Package Impost Is Also Suggested--Education Faces Severest Slash

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The must-have

View-Master

On This Day

  • Robert Menzies, who became Australia's longest-serving prime minister, is elected as leader of the United Australia Party after the death of Prime Minister Joseph Lyons.

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Slang

Slang of the decade

General

damefellaswelllousy

Hardboiled

clip jointgriftershamusgunsel

Swing Era

alligatorjitterbugkiller dillerin the groove

Catchphrases of 1939

  • Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn
  • Toto, I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore

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

31,826 days ago

(87 years, 71 days)