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Tuesday, April 27, 1937
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The Headlines
BALL SELLS EMPIRE OF VAN SWERINGENS; Two Brokers Here, WilkesBarre Banker Buy Control of Vast Rail System
Read in The New York Times →The must-have
Monopoly (Parker Brothers)
You Share a Birthday With
- Ulysses S. Grant (1822)
- Mary Wollstonecraft (1759)
- Herbert Spencer (1820)
- Samuel Morse (1791)
- Sergei Prokofiev (1891)
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
32,546 days ago
(89 years, 61 days)