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Tuesday, January 27, 1931
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The Headlines
M'DONALD TRIUMPHS IN DEBATE ON INDIA AS GANDHI GOES FREE; British Tories and Liberals in Commons Join in Pledging SelfRule Promised by Premier.CHURCHILL IS REPUDIATED He Makes a Fiery Attack, but Baldwin Takes Opposite Stand --Gandhi Reaches Bombay.WILL DISCUSS FEDERATIONThe Nationalist Leader Predicts His Rearrest Soon--Many of HisAides Released. Good Chance for Government. Churchill Speech Ignored. M'DONALD TRIUMPHS IN DEBATE ON INDIA Baldwin Repudiates Churchill. Premier Opens Debate. Wedgwood Benn Concludes.
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Minnie the Moocher
Cab Calloway
The must-have
Charlotte Clark Mickey Mouse
You Share a Birthday With
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756)
- Lewis Carroll (1832)
- Wilhelm II (1859)
- Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling (1775)
- Abbas the Great (1571)
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
34,829 days ago
(95 years, 154 days)