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Sunday, September 24, 1939
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The Headlines
SAYS SOVIET PAYS PROPAGANDA COSTS WITH OUR DOLLARS; Dubrowsky Tells Dies Group Total Raised From 'Rackets' Here Runs into Millions FILMS BOOST THE TOTAL Witness Asserts Estates Here Left to Russian Heirs 'Go Into Coffers of Stalin' CONDEMNS STALIN
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You Share a Birthday With
- F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896)
- Konstantin Chernenko (1911)
- İsmet İnönü (1884)
- Gerolamo Cardano (1501)
- Horace Walpole (1717)
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
31,666 days ago
(86 years, 276 days)