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Thursday, June 29, 1939

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The Headlines

NAZIS POURING INTO DANZIG FROM REICH TO JOIN 'ARMY'; YOUNG POLES ALSO ACTIVE; 3,000 GERMANS GO City's New Free Corps Reported Drilling With Machine Guns BARRACKS CLEARED FOR IT Polish Shipyard Engineers Are Expelled--Himmler Said to Be at the Scene Danzig Police Reinforced Denial Issued in Berlin Reich Nazis Pour Into Danzig to Join 'Army'; Young Poles in Free City Also Preparing London Hears of Moves French Concern Grows Slovak Roads Are Pushed

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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

31,753 days ago

(86 years, 363 days)