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Tuesday, May 21, 1935
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The Headlines
HUGE BUYING WAVE IS HELD IMMINENT; Threat of Inflation Is Due to Cause Scramble for Goods, Nation's Purchasers Agree.
Read in The New York Times →The must-have
Monopoly (Parker Brothers)
You Share a Birthday With
- Albrecht Dürer (1471)
- Andrei Sakharov (1921)
- Philip II of Spain (1527)
- Willem Einthoven (1860)
- Henri Rousseau (1844)
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
33,253 days ago
(91 years, 38 days)