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Tuesday, May 12, 1931
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The Headlines
PACT LINKS AUSTRIA, HUNGARY AND ITALY; Agreement to Facilitate Trade by Credits Is Expected to Enter Political Field. OPEN TO OTHER NATIONS Accord Is Intended to Evade Favored-Nation Treaties by Subsidies to Exporters. Negotiations Began Last Year. PACT LINKS AUSTRIA, HUNGARY AND ITALY Others Invited to Join. Concealed Preferences Planned. Austria Ready for Geneva.
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Minnie the Moocher
Cab Calloway
The must-have
Charlotte Clark Mickey Mouse
You Share a Birthday With
- Florence Nightingale (1820)
- Katharine Hepburn (1907)
- Jiddu Krishnamurti (1895)
- Dorothy Hodgkin (1910)
- Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828)
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
34,723 days ago
(95 years, 48 days)