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Friday, December 18, 1936
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The Headlines
BUILDING DEFECTS IN QUEENS CHARGED TO OFFICIAL LAXITY; Blanshard Report to Mayor Accuses Commissioner of Permitting Code Breaches. FUTURE DISASTERS FEARED Harvey Defends Keller Against 'Political Move' -- Slum Crisis Is Studied at Conference. BUILDING LAXITY IN QUEENS CHARGED
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Monopoly (Parker Brothers)
You Share a Birthday With
- Joseph Stalin (1878)
- Willy Brandt (1913)
- J. J. Thomson (1856)
- Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria (1863)
- Paul Klee (1879)
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
32,676 days ago
(89 years, 191 days)