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Thursday, November 20, 1930
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The Headlines
MAURETANIA SAVES 28 ON VESSEL SINKING IN GALE IN MID-OCEAN; Capt. Fried Also Speeds to Aid of Swedish Freighter Ovidia, but Arrives an Hour Late. BRITISH SHIPS IN CRASH Five Lost When Continental Goes Down Near Holland Coast After Collision. 580 SAVED OFF PORTUGAL Highland Hope Runs on Rocks and Sinks at Mouth of Tagus, but Passengers Are Taken Off. Five Lost in Ship Crash MAURETANIA SAVES 28 ON SINKING SHIP Sinking Ovidia Abandoned. McNeil in Service Thirty Years. THRILLING RACE TO OVIDIA. Witness Describes Rescue in Wild Ocean Waste by Mauretania.
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
34,897 days ago
(95 years, 222 days)