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Thursday, February 5, 1931
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The Headlines
YOUNG FAVORS CASH BONUS FOR NEEDY VETERANS ONLY; URGES FEDERAL BANK CURB; TWO COMMITTEES HEAR HIM $500,000,000 for Loans on Service Certificates Urged by Financier. HUGE BOND ISSUE OPPOSED Not More Than 30 Per Cent of the Veterans Are in Want, He Estimates. IDEAS ON BANKING GIVEN Forcing of State Institutions Into the Reserve System Is Advocated. Bonus Advocates Encouraged. Against $3,400,000 Issue. YOUNG FOR A BONUS FOR THE NEEDY ONLY Figures 30 Per Cent in Need. As to Veterans' "Human Nature." Roberts Sees Inflation Peril. "Another Abnormal Factor." Joe Angelo Pleads for Veterans. Hines Maps Hospital Program.
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You Share a Birthday With
- William S. Burroughs (1914)
- Robert Peel (1788)
- Robert Hofstadter (1915)
- Adlai Stevenson II (1900)
- Alan Hodgkin (1914)
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
34,819 days ago
(95 years, 144 days)