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Friday, April 17, 1936
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The Headlines
VAST BOND RING IS RAIDED; $440,000 OF WALL ST. LOOT IS FOUND IN MONTE CARLO; $2,780,000 CACHE HUNTED Two of the International Gang Selling to Rich Abroad Are Seized. POLICE GOT MYSTERY TIP Phone Call Here Led to Trail of U.S. Securities Taken From Messenger 14 Months Ago. YACHT USED BY CROOKS Villas, Fast Autos, A Woman Informant and Murder Figure in Fiction-Like Case. MONTE CARLO RAID REVEALS BOND LOOT
Read in The New York Times →The must-have
Monopoly (Parker Brothers)
You Share a Birthday With
- Sirimavo Bandaranaike (1916)
- J. P. Morgan (1837)
- William Holden (1918)
- Thornton Wilder (1897)
- Alain Poher (1909)
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
32,921 days ago
(90 years, 71 days)