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Wednesday, April 8, 1931
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The Headlines
SPEED HUGE PROJECT TO AID WATER SUPPLY; City Officials to Vote Friday for $50,000,000 Aqueduct in Delaware River Program. 3 DAYS' SUPPLY GAINED Rainfall in Watersheds Has Added 2,618,000,000 Gallons, Brush Reports. CITY ACTS TO SPEED KENSICO AQUEDUCT Bronx Tunnel Progressing.
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
34,758 days ago
(95 years, 83 days)