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Thursday, February 12, 1931
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The Headlines
MILLS'S HINT OF BONUS UPSET'S WALL STREET; Early Market Gains Lost as He Indicates 48 Hours Will Bring Threat of Big Loan. SEES $500,000,000 DEFICIT Says Here It Will Be "at Least" That--$570,000,000 Being Spent on Veterans in 1931. MILLS'S BONUS HINT UPSETS WALL STREET Assails Full Payment Plan. STOCKS LOSE EARLY GAINS. Market Receives Setback When Mills's Speech Becomes Known.
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Minnie the Moocher
Cab Calloway
The must-have
Charlotte Clark Mickey Mouse
You Share a Birthday With
- Abraham Lincoln (1809)
- Charles Darwin (1809)
- Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor (1768)
- Anna Pavlova (1881)
- Julian Schwinger (1918)
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
34,812 days ago
(95 years, 137 days)