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Tuesday, December 27, 1938

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The Headlines

Fire Traps Sleeping Tenants; Score Saved on Ladders, One Dead; Boy, 17, Climbs Fire-Escape and Breaks Windows to Warn Families as Suspicious Blaze Sweeps Through West Side Tenement SLEEPING TENANTS TRAPPED BY FIRE Blaze Accompanies Burglary

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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

31,937 days ago

(87 years, 182 days)