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Thursday, September 17, 1936
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The Headlines
ADVICE ON 'ST. JOAN' WAS ASKED IN ROME; British Film Director Says He Merely Solicited Opinion of Catholic Leader There.
Read in The New York Times →The must-have
Monopoly (Parker Brothers)
You Share a Birthday With
- Bernhard Riemann (1826)
- Konstantin Tsiolkovsky (1857)
- Pope Paul V (1550)
- Anne Bancroft (1931)
- Marquis de Condorcet (1743)
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
32,768 days ago
(89 years, 283 days)