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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.
Read in The New York Times →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
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
34,836 days ago
(95 years, 161 days)