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Saturday, August 22, 1936
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The Headlines
President to Avoid Politics In Speeches Till October; He Declares Addresses on Drought Tour and Immediately Following Will Be Non-Political -- Farley Confers at Hyde Park. PRESIDENT TO AVOID POLITICS ON TOUR
Read in The New York Times →The must-have
Monopoly (Parker Brothers)
You Share a Birthday With
- Deng Xiaoping (1904)
- Claude Debussy (1862)
- Ray Bradbury (1920)
- Pope Leo XII (1760)
- Leni Riefenstahl (1902)
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
32,794 days ago
(89 years, 309 days)