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Monday, June 5, 1939
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The Headlines
FOOD STRIKERS SEE LONG-DRAWN FIGHT; But Counsel for Warehouses is Hopeful of Peace Today-- Hospitals to Get Supplies
Read in The New York Times →The must-have
View-Master
You Share a Birthday With
- John Maynard Keynes (1883)
- Federico García Lorca (1898)
- Dennis Gabor (1900)
- Pancho Villa (1878)
- Allvar Gullstrand (1862)
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
31,778 days ago
(87 years, 23 days)