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Sunday, July 19, 1936

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The Headlines

A NEW NOVEL BY ALDOUS HUXLEY; His "Eyeless in Gaza" Is Important and Portentous Fiction EYELESS IN GAZA. By Aldous Huxley. 620 pp. New York: Harper & Brothers. $2.50. Aldous Huxley's New Novel

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The must-have

Monopoly (Parker Brothers)

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

32,828 days ago

(89 years, 343 days)