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Friday, January 12, 1940
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The Headlines
KING SAYS SWEDEN WILL GIVE FINLAND ALL POSSIBLE HELP; Puts Defense Needs First in Budget Calling for Cuts in Social Services ROME HEARS FRANCO AIDS He Is Reported Sending Finns Military Materials Left by Italians in Spain
Read in The New York Times →The must-have
Red Ryder BB Gun
You Share a Birthday With
- Jack London (1876)
- Swami Vivekananda (1863)
- Edmund Burke (1729)
- Hermann Göring (1893)
- Charles Perrault (1628)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
gobbledygooksnafufubar
Gi
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Bobby Soxer
neatodreamydreamboat
Tech Check
Color TV Broadcasts, Jeep & Radar Systems.
Style of 1940
Silhouette: Boxy and austere (Utility)
Material: Rayon and tweed
- Victory rolls
- Utility suits
- Snoods
Cost of Living (1940)
Loaf of Bread
$0.08
Gallon of Gas
$0.18
Average Home
$2,938
New Car
$850
Time Elapsed
31,556 days ago
(86 years, 166 days)