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Thursday, June 15, 1939
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The Headlines
HOUSE OPENS FIGHT OVER RELIEF BILL; 2 ISSUES TO FORE; $25,000 Limit on WPA Buildings, With Prevailing Wage Ban, to Stir Major Battle ALSO CUT IN YOUTH FUND 19 Reforms Set Up in Measure--Woodrum Says Some Mayorsand Governors 'Racketeer'
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View-Master
You Share a Birthday With
- Yuri Andropov (1914)
- Edvard Grieg (1843)
- Erik Erikson (1902)
- Herbert A. Simon (1916)
- Edward the Black Prince (1330)
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
31,768 days ago
(87 years, 13 days)