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Saturday, February 28, 1931

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The Headlines

SOVIET TO SHIP WOOD HERE FOR TEST CASE; But Moscow Officials Are Gloomy Over Our Embargo and Question of Proof. CANADA BANS RED IMPORTS Coal, Lumber and Furs Among Products Barred on Charge of Forced Labor. Canada Linked in Embargo. SOVIET TO SHIP WOOD HERE FOR TEST CASE Camps Differ on Wages.

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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

Catchphrases of 1931

  • Goodnight, Mrs. Calabash

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 DepressionGDP fell 30%; triggered by Black Tuesday (1929-10-29).

Time Elapsed

34,796 days ago

(95 years, 121 days)