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Saturday, January 23, 1937

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The Headlines

LABOR SPIES AIDED BY ARMY AND NAVY, SENATORS ARE TOLD; Metal Trades Espionage Chief Says They 'Cooperated' in Federal Contract Plants

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The must-have

Monopoly (Parker Brothers)

On This Day

  • The trial of the anti-Soviet Trotskyist center sees seventeen mid-level Communists accused of sympathizing with Leon Trotsky and plotting to overthrow Joseph Stalin's regime.

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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

32,640 days ago

(89 years, 155 days)