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Monday, April 20, 1936
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The Headlines
PRISONER ADMITS ABDUCTING WENDEL; TWO OTHERS FREED; Martin Schlossman Confesses After Alibi Witness Fails to Support His Story. MOTIVE IS KEPT SECRET Brooklyn House Identified as Lair -- Alterations Made After Victim Described It. POLICE CHARTER A PLANE Detectives Flying to Detroit, Presumably in Quest of Two More Suspects. PRISONER ADMITS ABDUCTING WENDEL
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Monopoly (Parker Brothers)
You Share a Birthday With
- Adolf Hitler (1889)
- Napoleon III (1808)
- Joan Miró (1893)
- Harold Lloyd (1893)
- K. Alex Müller (1927)
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
32,918 days ago
(90 years, 68 days)