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Saturday, April 22, 1939

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The Headlines

SHIPS TAKE UP POSTS; Fleet at Alexandria Guards Dardanelles and Suez Canal ANGORA SHUNS PUBLICITY Fears Berlin Will Be Angry if British Guarantee Is Openly Proclaimed Pledge to Turkey Complete Evacuation Idea Obsolete LONDON IS RETICENT ON PLEDGE TO TURKS Compromise Held Likely Russia Proposes Alliance POLES OPPOSE SOVIET AID Doubt It Will Prove Effective and Fear It May Be a Boomerang

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The must-have

View-Master

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

31,821 days ago

(87 years, 66 days)