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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
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
32,828 days ago
(89 years, 343 days)