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Thursday, January 15, 1931
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The Headlines
DROUGHT RELIEF BILL ACCEPTED BY SENATE; NEW BATTLE LOOMS; Recedes on $15,000,000 for Food and President Gets $45,000,000 Measure. WILL ASK FOR $25,000,000 Robinson to Offer Amendment to Agriculture Bill Allotting Sum to Red Cross. THREATENS A FILIBUSTER Relief Policy of Administration and House Leaders Condemned In Long Debate. To Ask Suspension of Rules. Jones Urges Recession. No Christmas Cheer There. Denies Reds Inspired Outbreak. Threatens Extra Session.
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Minnie the Moocher
Cab Calloway
The must-have
Charlotte Clark Mickey Mouse
You Share a Birthday With
- Martin Luther King Jr. (1929)
- Molière (1622)
- Gamal Abdel Nasser (1918)
- Pierre-Joseph Proudhon (1809)
- Sofya Kovalevskaya (1850)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
damefellaswelllousy
Hardboiled
clip jointgriftershamusgunsel
Swing Era
alligatorjitterbugkiller dillerin the groove
Tech Check
Electric Guitar, Electron Microscope & Radio Telescope.
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
34,840 days ago
(95 years, 165 days)