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Sunday, June 26, 1938

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The Headlines

CHINESE ONSLAUGHT CUTS FOES' DRIVE IN YANGTZE VALLEY; Victory Over a Japanese Force Near Town Guarding Boom in River Is Claimed WARSHIPS REPORTED SUNK Hankow Planes Said to Have Destroyed Two-Southern Areas Again Bombed Chinese Victory Claimed CHINESE ATTACKS CUT YANGTZE DRIVE War Nearly a Year Old American Mission Bombed

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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

32,121 days ago

(88 years, 1 days)