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Thursday, August 26, 1937
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The Headlines
COURT PLAN FIGHT WILL BE RENEWED BY THE PRESIDENT; Most of the People Are Backing Him in His Drive to Remake Supreme Court, He Says
Read in The New York Times →The must-have
Monopoly (Parker Brothers)
You Share a Birthday With
- Mother Teresa (1910)
- Antoine Lavoisier (1743)
- Guillaume Apollinaire (1880)
- Julio Cortázar (1914)
- Robert Walpole (1676)
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
32,425 days ago
(88 years, 305 days)