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Tuesday, November 12, 1929
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The Headlines
STOCKS BREAK AGAIN IN NEW RUSH TO SELL; STEEL AT YEAR'S LOW; 11 -Point Drop Puts Market Leader at 159 --Losses One to 25 in Other Active Issues. PRESSURE HEAVY AT CLOSE 1,767,150 Shares Are Sold in Final Hour, as Against 1,600,000 in Rest of Day. SLUMP MYSTIFIES BROKERS They See No Factors to Justify It and Say Big Concentrated Liquidation Is Out of Way. Buying Power Is Lacking. Many Traders on Sidelines. STOCKS BREAK AGAIN IN NEW RUSH TO SELL Table Shows Exchange Losses. Markets Halt for Armistice. Average Decline 11.85. STOCKS DECLINE ON CURB. Trading Is Orderly, but Many Issues Close at Day's Lows. PHILADELPHIA SUSPENDS. Exchanges Also Closed in Chicago for Armistice Day--Open Today. SEE WEAK SPOTS REMOVED. Bankers, However, Admit Buying Power Manifest Is Disappointing. RUMOR MONGERING BANNED. Exchange and Curb Firms Warn Employes Against Wild Stories.
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Singin' in the Rain
Nacio Herb Brown
The must-have
Duncan Yo-Yo
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
applesaucebaloneycheaterscrush
Flapper
bee's kneescat's pajamasgiggle watershebahotsy-totsy
Gangster
big cheesebump offstool pigeongatfall guy
Tech Check
Car Radio, Sunglasses (Mass Produced) & Coaxial Cable.
Cost of Living (1920)
Loaf of Bread
$0.11
Gallon of Gas
$0.30
Average Home
$6,296
New Car
$575
Meanwhile
- The Great Depression — GDP fell 30%; triggered by Black Tuesday (1929-10-29).
Time Elapsed
35,269 days ago
(96 years, 229 days)