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Friday, June 5, 1936
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The Headlines
FRANCE CRIPPLED BY WIDER STRIKES; BLUM IS IN POWER; LABOR SITUATION CHAOTIC Out of Unions' Control, but Striking Men Are Remaining Orderly. PARIS FOOD STOCKS LOW Stoppage of Trucking and Oil Deliveries Blocks Supplies -- New Regime Reassuring. THREE WOMEN IN CABINET Popular Front Leaders Get the Chief Posts -- Herriot Elected President of Chamber. FRANCE CRIPPLED BY WIDE STRIKES
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Monopoly (Parker Brothers)
You Share a Birthday With
- John Maynard Keynes (1883)
- Federico García Lorca (1898)
- Dennis Gabor (1900)
- Pancho Villa (1878)
- Allvar Gullstrand (1862)
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
32,872 days ago
(90 years, 22 days)