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Sunday, December 25, 1938

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The Headlines

REBEL DRIVE HALTS; ONE BREACH MADE BY THE ITALIANS; Correspondent at Front Finds All Quiet After Insurgents Widen Their Seros Base NO REAL THREAT SEEN YET But Burgos Claims a 15-Mile Gain, With Many Villages and Much War Material Seized Three Attacks Launched REBEL DRIVE HALTS; ONE BREACH MADE Rebels Tell of New Advance Charge Misuse of British Pouch Rebels Claim 15-Mile Gain Fire Destroys Loyalist Supplies

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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

31,939 days ago

(87 years, 184 days)