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Saturday, March 2, 1935

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The Headlines

SENATORS RECEIVE RELIEF WAGE PLAN FROM WHITE HOUSE; Payment of Prevailing Scale Is Reported Offered if Jobs Compete With Industry. M'CARRAN MEETS REBUFF Suggestion That the President Limit Total Pay of Any One Worker Is Rejected. SENATORS RECEIVE RELIEF WAGE PLAN

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The must-have

Monopoly (Parker Brothers)

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

33,334 days ago

(91 years, 119 days)