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Tuesday, March 15, 1938

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The Headlines

CHAMBERLAIN GRIM; Hints at Conscription of Some Kind in Bidding All to Join National Effort CONDEMNS REICH'S MOVE Hoare Appeals on Radio for Million Volunteers to Man Home Front in Air Raids' Common Effort Sought BRITAIN SETS UP NEW WAR SERVICE No Pledge to Czechoslovakia Protests Rejected by Berlin Eden Right, Says Attlee Hoare Speech Stirs Interest Arms Plans to Be Reviewed

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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

32,225 days ago

(88 years, 105 days)