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Sunday, August 29, 1937

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The Headlines

INSURGENTS REPEL ATTACK IN ARAGON; Assert Loyalists Left 1,200 Dead on Battlefield on the Saragossa-Huesca Road TO DIVERT 50,000 TROOPS Franco Expected to Send Men to Madrid and Eastern Fronts--Valencia Drive Rumored Hard Fighting on 2 Fronts INSURGENTS REPEL BIG ARAGON ATTACK Santander Captors Rest

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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

32,422 days ago

(88 years, 302 days)