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Saturday, August 9, 1930
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The Headlines
OLDEST DICTIONARY IS FOUND IN SYRIA; French Discover Tablets With Unknown Script Going Back to 1400 B.C. at Least. SIX LANGUAGES EMPLOYED Zapouna Scribes Used Tablets to Aid Translation, Savant Tells Paris Academy. Scribes Worked at Palace Had List of Synonyms. OLDEST DICTIONARY IS FOUND IN SYRIA
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
- Jean Piaget (1896)
- Amedeo Avogadro (1776)
- Tove Jansson (1914)
- William Alfred Fowler (1911)
- P. L. Travers (1899)
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
34,999 days ago
(95 years, 324 days)