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Thursday, July 13, 1939
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The Headlines
BRITAIN INCREASES OUTLAY FOR ARMY; 79,106,000 Addition Makes Year's Total 227,261,000-- Two Allies Get Credits
Read in The New York Times →The must-have
View-Master
You Share a Birthday With
- 1841 (1851)
- Wole Soyinka (1934)
- Pope Clement X (1590)
- Isaac Babel (1894)
- Simone Veil (1927)
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
31,740 days ago
(86 years, 350 days)