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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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The must-have

Monopoly (Parker Brothers)

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

damefellaswelllousy

Hardboiled

clip jointgriftershamusgunsel

Swing Era

alligatorjitterbugkiller dillerin the groove

Catchphrases of 1937

  • Oh, the humanity!

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)