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Thursday, December 30, 1937
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The Headlines
PARIS TIE-UP ENDS IN PAY COMPROMISE AFTER NIGHT TALKS; Figure Between Demands of Utility Workers and Offer of Council Agreed On; PREMIER DEMANDED PEACE; Talk Heard of Calling Workers to Colors--Sailors Brought In to Assure Services; WALKOUT HELD POLITICAL; Struggle Between Reds and Union Leaders Seen--Strain Put on Popular Front
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Monopoly (Parker Brothers)
You Share a Birthday With
- Rudyard Kipling (1865)
- Tu Youyou (1930)
- Hideki Tojo (1884)
- Omar Bongo (1935)
- Ramana Maharshi (1879)
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
32,299 days ago
(88 years, 179 days)