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Thursday, December 14, 1939

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The Headlines

RUSSIA CONDEMNED; League Certain to Expel Her as Committee of 13 Calls Her Aggressor PLANS AID TO FINNS U.S. Will Be Invited to Help--Victim One of Invader's Judges Russia Not Represented RUSSIA'S EXPULSION BY LEAGUE CERTAIN Argentine in Public Speech Strongest Since Ethiopian Crisis

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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

31,585 days ago

(86 years, 195 days)