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Monday, October 21, 1935
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The Headlines
VAST HOUSING PLAN URGED BY STRAUS AS A CITY PROJECT; Private Enterprise Cannot End Slums, He Tells Mayor -- Counts on Federal Aid.
Read in The New York Times →The must-have
Monopoly (Parker Brothers)
You Share a Birthday With
- Alfred Nobel (1833)
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772)
- Ursula K. Le Guin (1929)
- Alphonse de Lamartine (1790)
- Hongwu Emperor (1328)
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
33,100 days ago
(90 years, 250 days)