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Saturday, February 2, 1935

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The Headlines

MORE DEMOCRACY PLANNED IN RUSSIA; Direct Elections and Abolition of Inequality Between Town and Country Scheduled.

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The must-have

Monopoly (Parker Brothers)

On This Day

  • Leonarde Keeler administers polygraph tests to two murder suspects, the first time polygraph evidence was admitted in U.S. courts.

    Wikipedia →

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

damefellaswelllousy

Hardboiled

clip jointgriftershamusgunsel

Swing Era

alligatorjitterbugkiller dillerin the groove

Catchphrases of 1935

  • There's no place like home

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

33,361 days ago

(91 years, 146 days)