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Saturday, July 24, 1937
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The Headlines
SUIT HALTS OUSTING OF ALIENS ON WPA; Somervell Is Ordered by Judge Goddard to Stop Dismissals of Non-Citizen Workers
Read in The New York Times →The must-have
Monopoly (Parker Brothers)
You Share a Birthday With
- Simón Bolívar (1783)
- Alexandre Dumas (1802)
- Amelia Earhart (1897)
- Henrik Pontoppidan (1857)
- Robert Graves (1895)
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
32,458 days ago
(88 years, 338 days)