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Wednesday, August 30, 1939
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The Headlines
TRANSIT BODY VOTES CITY PLAN TO BUY I.R.T FOR $151,248,187; Unification of Vast System Under City Operation by Next Year Predicted OTHER CONSENTS LIKELY Commission Action on Project 2 to 1, With Haskell Against It Because of Price
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View-Master
You Share a Birthday With
- Ernest Rutherford (1871)
- Warren Buffett (1930)
- Mary Shelley (1797)
- Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff (1852)
- Jacques-Louis David (1748)
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
31,692 days ago
(86 years, 302 days)