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Sunday, March 16, 1930
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The Headlines
FLOODS INTENSIFY FRENCH DEPRESSION; Disaster in Rich Valleys of the Southwest Comes in Midst of Feeling All Is Not Well. BLAME PUT ON HIGH TAXES Merchants Wonder if They Would Not Have Better Market With Reparations Abolished. Floods Enhance Gloom. Stories of the Disaster. Taxes Called Excessive. Reparations as Handicap. FLOODS INTENSIFY FRENCH DEPRESSION Ford and His Ambition.
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Happy Days Are Here Again
Milton Ager
The must-have
Charlotte Clark Mickey Mouse
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
35,146 days ago
(96 years, 106 days)