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Tuesday, October 13, 1936

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The Headlines

DRIVE BY LOYALISTS GAINS NEAR TOLEDO; They Hurl Back Foe Trying to Push On to Castillejos, Rail Center, to Cut Vital Line. 2,000 ESCAPE REBEL TRAP Insurgents Mass Near Capital for the Final Assault -- Fierce Fighting Goes On in Oviedo.

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The must-have

Monopoly (Parker Brothers)

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

32,742 days ago

(89 years, 257 days)