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Tuesday, August 2, 1938

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The Headlines

103 INDICTED HERE IN AN ALCOHOL RING; 6 POLICEMEN HELD; $1,800,000 Tax Fraud Laid to Bootleg Combine Like Those in Dry Era TREASURY AIDES ACCUSED Six Named as Bribe-takers--Brothers of Ex-Alderman Listed as Leaders Some of Alcohol Inferior Eighty-six Under Arrest Policemen Deny Guilt Federal Agents Suspended Brothers of Ex-Alderman Liquor Stored in Garages Other Defendants Listed ' HOME' OF ALCOHOL RING, AND INDICTED POLICE

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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

32,084 days ago

(87 years, 329 days)