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Thursday, February 27, 1930
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The Headlines
FEDERAL BUYING OF WHEAT PRESSED; Markets Hold During Day as Farm Board Agency Takes Up May Futures. EXCHANGE CLOSING TALKED Senate Asks Hyde's View as to Move on Grain and Cotton-- Purchases Stir Middlemen. Futures Buying "at the Market." FEDERAL BUYING OF WHEAT PRESSED Legge and Williams Criticized. Questions Closing Action. Independent Dealers Protesting.
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Happy Days Are Here Again
Milton Ager
The must-have
Charlotte Clark Mickey Mouse
You Share a Birthday With
- Constantine the Great (272)
- John Steinbeck (1902)
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807)
- Joanne Woodward (1930)
- Paul Ricœur (1913)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
damefellaswelllousy
Hardboiled
clip jointgriftershamusgunsel
Swing Era
alligatorjitterbugkiller dillerin the groove
Tech Check
Jet Engine Concepts, Scotch Tape & Flashbulbs.
Style of 1930
Silhouette: Bias-cut and clinging
Material: Satin and crepe
- Puff sleeves
- Backless gowns
- Finger waves
Cost of Living (1930)
Loaf of Bread
$0.09
Gallon of Gas
$0.20
Average Home
$3,900
New Car
$640
Meanwhile
- The Great Depression — GDP fell 30%; triggered by Black Tuesday (1929-10-29).
Time Elapsed
35,162 days ago
(96 years, 122 days)