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Sunday, August 1, 1937

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The Headlines

JAPANESE RAIDERS BOMB TROOP TRAINS; 20 Rolling Toward Peiping AreAttacked From Air, Reports to Shanghai Declare DAMAGE DONE AT PAOTING War Planes Set Fire to Rail Station-Nanking Determined to Fight, Official Insists Attack Order Reported Says Nanking Is Determined JAPANESE RAIDERS BOMB TROOP TRAINS Says Strategy Curbs Nanking General Sung Tries to Quit Bombing Extends Conflict Some Doubt Nanking Action

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The must-have

Monopoly (Parker Brothers)

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

damefellaswelllousy

Hardboiled

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Swing Era

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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

32,450 days ago

(88 years, 330 days)