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Saturday, September 26, 1936

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The Headlines

COUGHLIN REBUKED BY M'NICHOLAS; PAPAL STEP HINTED; Priest Transgressed Bounds by Calling Roosevelt 'Anti-God,' Archbishop Declares. ROME PRELATES AROUSED Clergyman, Defended Again by Own Bishop, Says He Will Not 'Modify' Attacks. COUGHLIN REBUKED OVER OHIO SPEECH

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The must-have

Monopoly (Parker Brothers)

On This Day

  • Spanish Civil War: Lluis Companys reshuffles the Generalitat de Catalunya, with the marxist POUM and anarcho-syndicalist CNT joining the government.

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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

32,759 days ago

(89 years, 274 days)