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Tuesday, July 13, 1937

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The Headlines

Storm Halts Heat After 6 Die Here, Delays Trains, Causes $50,000 Fire; Downpour Floods Tracks in Park Avenue Tunnel-Lightning Starts Blaze in Queens Factory--Mercury Falls From 87 to 75 Degrees, but Today Is Due to Be Warm

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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

32,470 days ago

(88 years, 350 days)