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Tuesday, May 18, 1937
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The Headlines
WPA PLANS TO OUST 8,500 AS CHISELERS; Survey Indicates That Number, or 5.1% on Rolls, May Be No Longer in Need ERB TO AID 'WEEDING OUT' Home Relief Recipients Would Get Vacated Jobs, Saving City $400,000 a Month 8,000 Cases Studied Principles of Eligibility WPA PLANS TO OUST 8,500 AS CHISELERS
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Monopoly (Parker Brothers)
You Share a Birthday With
- Pope John Paul II (1920)
- Bertrand Russell (1872)
- Omar Khayyam (1048)
- Nicholas II (1868)
- Walter Gropius (1883)
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
32,525 days ago
(89 years, 40 days)