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Sunday, April 23, 1939
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The Headlines
Threat of Service Strike Averted As 3-Year Peace Plan Is Accepted; $1 Increase, 1-Hour Cut, Fixed by Mayor's Board Pending Arbitration--Employment Clause Settles Closed-Shop Issue
Read in The New York Times →The must-have
View-Master
You Share a Birthday With
- William Shakespeare (1564)
- Max Planck (1858)
- James Buchanan (1791)
- Halldór Laxness (1902)
- Shirley Temple (1928)
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
31,821 days ago
(87 years, 66 days)