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Sunday, January 3, 1937
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The Headlines
GUNMEN TERRORIZE STORE, GET $22,000; 1 KILLED OVER LOOT; Machine Guns Cow Hundred in Barney's on 7th Av. in 8-Minute Hold-Up. WOMEN ROUGHLY TREATED Clerks and Customers Herded Against Rear Wall--Thug Found Slain Later. Telephones Cut Off MACHINE-GUN GANG COWS 100 IN STORE Take $20,000 from Safe Slain Thug Had Long Record 14 IN PLANT ARE HELD UP Three Armed Thugs Steal $3,900 in Factory in Brooklyn. STORE CUSTOMER SHOT Felled When He Grapples With Armed Hold-Up Man.
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Monopoly (Parker Brothers)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
damefellaswelllousy
Hardboiled
clip jointgriftershamusgunsel
Swing Era
alligatorjitterbugkiller dillerin the groove
Tech Check
Jet Engine, Walkie-Talkie & Photocopier Concepts.
Cost of Living (1930)
Loaf of Bread
$0.09
Gallon of Gas
$0.20
Average Home
$3,900
New Car
$640
Time Elapsed
32,661 days ago
(89 years, 176 days)