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Friday, June 30, 1939
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The Headlines
CONFEREES VOTE TO RESTORE MONEY POWER, SILVER AT 70C AND RENEWED BUYING ABROAD; Dollar Power Vital to Business And Farmers, Morgenthau Warns They 'Had Better Start Worrying Seriously' If Senate Bill Is Passed, He Says-- Foreign Silver Price Cut Again
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You Share a Birthday With
- Czesław Miłosz (1911)
- Walter Ulbricht (1893)
- Charles VIII of France (1470)
- Paul Berg (1926)
- Susan Hayward (1917)
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
31,752 days ago
(86 years, 362 days)