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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.
Read in The New York Times →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
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
34,796 days ago
(95 years, 121 days)