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Thursday, April 4, 1940
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The Headlines
$2,000,000 IN JOBS IN CITY'S SCHOOLS DROPPED IN BUDGET; $100,000 in Administrative Posts Involved in Slash Ordered by Mayor LESSER RANKS ALSO CUT 30 Supervisory Offices Are Eliminated at a Yearly Saving of $150,000
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Red Ryder BB Gun
You Share a Birthday With
- Maya Angelou (1928)
- Andrei Tarkovsky (1932)
- Caracalla (188)
- Marguerite Duras (1914)
- Isoroku Yamamoto (1884)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
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Bobby Soxer
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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
31,473 days ago
(86 years, 83 days)