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Sunday, March 13, 1938

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The Headlines

18 RUSSIANS TO DIE FOR TREADSON PLOT; RAKOVSKY SPARED; Escapes With a Sentence of 20 Years--Bessonoff Gets 15, Physician 25 Years HEART SPECIALIST SAVED Dr. Pletneff Alone Among Three Doctors Wins Mercy--Bukharin Shows Fight Those Sentenced to Die 18 RUSSIANS TO DIE FOR TREASON PLOT Last Words" for All Repudiates Trotsky Rykoff Weeps at Sentences Gives Cheer for Stalin Physicians Ask Mercy Denies Group Is "The Bloc" Krestinsky Cites Career Ivanoff Accuses Bukharin

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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

32,227 days ago

(88 years, 107 days)