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Wednesday, March 11, 1936
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The Headlines
'Slot-Machine Czar' Gave $2,000 To Geoghan's Aide, Todd Reveals; He Says Recipient, Active in Drukman Murder Inquiry, Got a Check Eight Days Before Jury Failed to Indict -- Sum Is Part Payment of Loan, Byk Asserts. BYK'S $2,000 WENT TO GEOGHAN AIDE
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Monopoly (Parker Brothers)
You Share a Birthday With
- Harold Wilson (1916)
- Torquato Tasso (1544)
- Rupert Murdoch (1931)
- Nicolaas Bloembergen (1920)
- Urbain Le Verrier (1811)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
damefellaswelllousy
Hardboiled
clip jointgriftershamusgunsel
Swing Era
alligatorjitterbugkiller dillerin the groove
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
32,958 days ago
(90 years, 108 days)