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Thursday, January 17, 1935
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The Headlines
LEAGUE SUPPORTS FIRST PUNITIVE ACT; CURB ON PARAGUAY; Assembly's Chaco Group Votes Unanimously for End of Arms Embargo on Bolivia.
Read in The New York Times →The must-have
Monopoly (Parker Brothers)
You Share a Birthday With
- Benjamin Franklin (1706)
- David Lloyd George (1863)
- Anne Brontë (1820)
- Al Capone (1899)
- Pedro Calderón de la Barca (1600)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
damefellaswelllousy
Hardboiled
clip jointgriftershamusgunsel
Swing Era
alligatorjitterbugkiller dillerin the groove
Tech Check
Kodachrome Film, Radar (Practical) & Monopoly Game.
Cost of Living (1930)
Loaf of Bread
$0.09
Gallon of Gas
$0.20
Average Home
$3,900
New Car
$640
Time Elapsed
33,377 days ago
(91 years, 162 days)