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Saturday, April 2, 1938

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The Headlines

DEFENDERS CLING TO LERIDA IN FACE OF HEAVY ATTACKS; City Found Still in Loyalist Hands, Although Reported Abandoned in Flames BOTH SIDES CLAIM GAINS Insurgents Advance in Aragon and Government in Teruel and Guadalajara Zones Lerida Defense Holds Fighting Is Intense LOYALIST TROOPS CLING TO LERIDA Yague Awaits Flank Guard Junction Effected Americans Identified

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The must-have

View-Master

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

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Hardboiled

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Swing Era

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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

32,206 days ago

(88 years, 86 days)