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Wednesday, April 29, 1931
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The Headlines
ROOSEVELT MOVE ATTACKED; The Mayor's Critics Call Data More Specific Than in the Crain Case. LOOK TO SEABURY INQUIRY Declare He Will Discover in Wide Investigation What Governor Failed to Find. PRESSING OF FIGHT PLEDGED Holmes Asserts Decision Will Return as 'Plague'--Three Mass Meetings Planned. Committee Issues Statement. Holds There Was Basis to Act. SEABURY WILL GET WALKER CHARGES Declares Fight Will Go on.
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Minnie the Moocher
Cab Calloway
The must-have
Charlotte Clark Mickey Mouse
You Share a Birthday With
- Hirohito (1901)
- Henri Poincaré (1854)
- Alexander II of Russia (1818)
- Duke Ellington (1899)
- Harold Urey (1893)
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
34,736 days ago
(95 years, 61 days)