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Wednesday, January 22, 1936

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The Headlines

BLIZZARD AND FOG BESET ELLSWORTH IN PERILOUS FLIGHT; Explorer Recounts Struggle With Wind and Bitter Cold in the Antarctic. WAS AWED BY LONELINESS His Life and Companion's Hung on Reliability of Plane and Adequacy of Fuel. REACHED GOAL AFTER TREK Pair, Mounting a Ridge, Came Suddenly on Little America With Its Safe Shelter. ELLSWORTH TELLS OF FLIGHT'S PERILS

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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 1936

  • Gone with the wind

Tech Check

Voice Recorder, Helicopter (Focke-Wulf) & Sunscreen.

Cost of Living (1930)

Loaf of Bread

$0.09

Gallon of Gas

$0.20

Average Home

$3,900

New Car

$640

Time Elapsed

33,007 days ago

(90 years, 157 days)