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Friday, February 13, 1931
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The Headlines
PRESIDENT STRESSES SELF-HELP TO SOLVE NATION'S PROBLEMS; Calls on States and Citizens Not to Carry Responsibilities to Washington. CITES LINCOLN ON THE LAW He Recalls on Radio From the Martyr's Old Study, Latter's Anti-Nullification Stand. BIRTHDAY OBSERVED HERE City-Wide Ceremonies Mark Day-- Schools, Banks, Stock Exchange and Stores Close. Resisting Centralization. SELF-HELP OUR NEED, PRESIDENT ASSERTS Political Significance Denied. Curtis Scores Detractors. Smoot Decries "Critics and Cynics."
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On This Day
The British Raj completes its transfer from Calcutta to New Delhi.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Thomas Robert Malthus (1766)
- William Shockley (1910)
- Georges Simenon (1903)
- Ivan Krylov (1769)
- Pope Alexander VII (1599)
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
34,811 days ago
(95 years, 136 days)