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Sunday, October 30, 1938

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The Headlines

LEHMAN RECOUNTS 'FEARLESS' RECORD AS CORRUPTION FOE; PointstoErieCounty'Clean- Up,' Saying He Ordered It Over Prosecutor's Objection CITES NAMING OF DEWEY Enforced Law in Every Part of State, He Tells Buffalo Rally in Retort to His Rival Defied Objection, He Says Gets Ovation from 4,500 LEHMAN REVIEWS ANTI-CRIME RECORD Merit System Declared Upheld Answers "Fraud and Sham" Hits Dewey's "Hnowledge"

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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

31,995 days ago

(87 years, 240 days)