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Sunday, January 2, 1938

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The Headlines

VICTORY AT TERUEL IS HAILED WITH JOY IN INSURGENT SPAIN; Troops Ordered to Pursue Retreating Loyalists to Consolidate Triumph MADRID DENIES DEFEAT Reports Rebel Garrison Still Besieged, Though Conceding Loss of Strategic Hill Garrison Rescued First French Visitor Turns Back VICTORY AT TERUEL HAILED BY REBELS Loss of Teruel Denied Capture of City Described Phone Service Halted

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The must-have

View-Master

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

damefellaswelllousy

Hardboiled

clip jointgriftershamusgunsel

Swing Era

alligatorjitterbugkiller dillerin the groove

Catchphrases of 1938

  • War of the Worlds

Tech Check

Ballpoint Pen, Xerography & Nylon Bristle Toothbrush.

Cost of Living (1930)

Loaf of Bread

$0.09

Gallon of Gas

$0.20

Average Home

$3,900

New Car

$640

Time Elapsed

32,296 days ago

(88 years, 176 days)