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Saturday, December 16, 1939

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The Headlines

E.S. SMITH CLASHES WITH HOUSE GROUP ON BOYCOTT 'HELP'; NLRB Member, on Stand, Denies He Tried to Get Filene's toBar Mills' Goods for Union'I DIFFER,' SAYS ROUTZOHN Witness Admits Sending Union Handbill Urging Ban--Files Show Board Active in Case Dispute Watched by Board Situation Viewed by Director E.S. SMITH CLASHES WITH HOUSE GROUP Smith Telegram Produced Transition Period" Cited Case Held Not a Strong One Union's Data Enclosed Extra-Legal" Acts Debated A Matter of Tradition" Mill Officers Assailed

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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

31,584 days ago

(86 years, 194 days)