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Sunday, August 16, 1936
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The Headlines
CITY SOON TO BEGIN TUNNEL TO QUEENS; $58,365,000 Project Will Be Started About Sept. 15 and Completed in 1940. ELABORATE TRAFFIC PLANS Provision Made for System of Entrance and Exit Plazas on Manhattan Side. 4,300 WORKERS REQUIRED Plans Pave Way for Link to a Future Crosstown Bore and Tube to Brooklyn. CITY SOON TO BEGIN TUNNEL TO QUEENS
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Monopoly (Parker Brothers)
You Share a Birthday With
- Zachary Taylor (1816)
- Charles Bukowski (1920)
- Menachem Begin (1913)
- Gabriel Lippmann (1845)
- T. E. Lawrence (1888)
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
32,801 days ago
(89 years, 316 days)