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Friday, September 13, 1935
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The Headlines
VAST RAIL EMPIRE OF VAN SWERINGENS WILL BE AUCTIONED; Morgan Group to Sell Stocks Pledged for Defaulted Loan of $48,000,000. BROTHERS READY TO BID Say They Have New Capital to Regain Control -- Loree Is Seen as Possible Rival. VAST RAIL EMPIRE PUT UP AT AUCTION
Read in The New York Times →The must-have
Monopoly (Parker Brothers)
You Share a Birthday With
- Roald Dahl (1916)
- Arnold Schoenberg (1874)
- Claudette Colbert (1903)
- Clara Schumann (1819)
- Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach (1830)
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
33,138 days ago
(90 years, 288 days)