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Monday, May 17, 1937

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The Headlines

FARM CONTROL BILL SHAPED BY CHIEFS TO GO TO CONGRESS; Administration Agrees to Program Using Normal Granary and Part of AAA FLEXIBILE TARIFF INCLUDED Principle Is Applied to Agricultural Imports, With President the Judge STABILIZED PRICES AN AIM Plan to Cost $700,000,000 a Year Would Give Them to Farmer and Consumer Would Stabilze Prices Provision for Tax Cotton Guarantee Opposed FARM CONTROL BILL SHAPED BY CHIEFS Production Control Accepted

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The must-have

Monopoly (Parker Brothers)

On This Day

  • Spanish Civil War: The Largo Caballero government resigns in the wake of the Barcelona May Days, leading Juan Negrín to form a government, without the anarcho-syndicalist CNT, in its stead.

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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

32,527 days ago

(89 years, 42 days)