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Friday, October 21, 1938

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The Headlines

Report Roosevelt Favors Farm and Oil Output Curb; Visitors at Hyde Park Say He Proposes Strict Crop Control and Refinery Pacts to Offset Increasing Surpluses REPORT ROOSEVELT URGES OUTPUT CURB Farm Subsidies Not Discussed Lee Criticizes "Orthodox" Ideas Oil Price Cuts Discussed

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The must-have

View-Master

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

damefellaswelllousy

Hardboiled

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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

32,004 days ago

(87 years, 249 days)