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Monday, January 19, 1931

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The Headlines

RUSSIA CONSCRIPTS ALL RAIL WORKERS ON A WARTIME BASIS; All Must Go Wherever Sent and to Whatever Tasks, Under Threat of Dire Punishment. EMPLOYERS TO LIST THEM At the Same Time the Izvestia Denies Forced Labor for Profit and Assails Foreign 'Ballyhoo.' LIKENED TO WAR SITUATION Whole Nation Is Under Mobilization Regime, and Life Is Not Overly Pleasant fer Masses. Punishments Are Provided. Exiles May Choose Work. RUSSIA CONSCRIPTS ALL RAIL WORKERS Army Parallel Drawn.

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Best-selling Sheet Music

Minnie the Moocher

Cab Calloway

The must-have

Charlotte Clark Mickey Mouse

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

damefellaswelllousy

Hardboiled

clip jointgriftershamusgunsel

Swing Era

alligatorjitterbugkiller dillerin the groove

Catchphrases of 1931

  • Goodnight, Mrs. Calabash

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 DepressionGDP fell 30%; triggered by Black Tuesday (1929-10-29).

Time Elapsed

34,836 days ago

(95 years, 161 days)