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Monday, November 27, 1939

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The Headlines

10 DIE IN POLISH SHIP; 283 Lost in Rawalpindi, Which Had the Status of British Warship OTHER SINKINGS REPORTED Belgium Halts Ostend-Dover Channel Craft--Japanese Line Quits London Service Pilsudski British Troopship Ten Are Believed Dead BRITAIN REPORTS TWO LINERS SUNK Little Known of Rawalpindi Many Pilsudski Men Hurt Trawler Is Torpedoed Germany Lists Sinkings Berlin Admits Liner's Loss LINER BUILT FOR U.S. RUN Pilsudski Made Her Last Trip to New York in August

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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

31,602 days ago

(86 years, 212 days)