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Monday, December 13, 1937

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The Headlines

RUSSIA'S MILLIONS VOTE STALIN TICKET AMID HOLIDAY AIR; Bands Play as Most of Nation's 90,000,000 Electors Join in First Secret, Direct Poll SUPREME SOVIET CHOSEN Heads of Air and Tank Corps, Removed From Ballot, Are Believed in Trouble Huge Turn-Out at Polls Results Are Broadcast RUSSIA'S MILLIONS VOTE STALIN TICKET Elderly Persons Vote Early Chairman Must Be Chosen Three Believed in Trouble

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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

32,317 days ago

(88 years, 197 days)