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Friday, May 22, 1936
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The Headlines
VAST REARMAMENT PUSHED BY BRITAIN; 400 PLANTS TO AID; Huge Orders Being Placed and Auto Factories Are Drafted to Manufacture Airplanes. BALDWIN WARNS ITALY Bars Meddling in Egypt or Palestine -- Priest's Ouster in Ethiopia Stirs Paris. VAST REARMAMENT PUSHED BY BRITAIN
Read in The New York Times →The must-have
Monopoly (Parker Brothers)
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
32,886 days ago
(90 years, 36 days)