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Wednesday, August 4, 1937
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The Headlines
SULLIVAN BLOCKS MOVE TO SIDETRACK COPELAND, WHALEN; Compromise Candidate to Unite the Party Is Said to Have Been Proposed by Kelly
Read in The New York Times →The must-have
Monopoly (Parker Brothers)
You Share a Birthday With
- Louis Armstrong (1901)
- Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792)
- Knut Hamsun (1859)
- Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother (1900)
- William Rowan Hamilton (1805)
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
32,447 days ago
(88 years, 327 days)