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Thursday, May 28, 1936

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The Headlines

BARS RULE BY HOPKINS; Senate Measure Rejects the House Plan for the $1,425,000,000 Fund. $800,000,000 FOR ICKES Use of Tugwell Allotment Is Restricted to 'Loans and Relief to Farmers.' FOR PREVAILING PAY SCALE Veterans Getting Bonus Made Eligible for Relief -- Ban Put on Employing Aliens. GIVES WPA CONTROL TO THE PRESIDENT

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The must-have

Monopoly (Parker Brothers)

On This Day

  • Alan Turing submits On Computable Numbers for publication.

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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

32,880 days ago

(90 years, 30 days)