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Thursday, April 30, 1931
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The Headlines
KRESEL CONTRADICTS DIRECTORS ON LOANS; Tells Trustee They Approved Deals Between Bank of U.S. and Affiliates. EXAMINED AT HIS HOME Broderick Indicates Depositors Will Get a Payment in Fall-- Hedley and Metz Heard. Kresel Tells of Bank of U.S. Deals, Disputing Directors May Sue for $50,000,000. Bank Payment by Fall. Recalls Report at Meeting. Sure Debt Was Stated. Ignorant of Realty Deals. Tells of Conferences. Hedley Denies Knowing of Loans. BRODERICK ASKS SPEED. Announces Claim Forms Will Be Sent Depositors Next Week. COURT BACKS BRODERICK. Dismisses $50,000 Suit Over Stock Losses in Bank of U.S.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777)
- Jaroslav Hašek (1883)
- Joachim von Ribbentrop (1893)
- Mary II (1662)
- Claude Shannon (1916)
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
34,735 days ago
(95 years, 60 days)