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Monday, June 1, 1931

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The Headlines

CITY-WIDE INQUIRY UNDER WAY TODAY; Seabury Will Pick His Staff for Legislative Investigation of Municipal Regime. PRIVATE HEARINGS TO BEGIN Procedure, Fought by Tammany, May. Precipitate LegalTest of Powers This Week. Will Pick Staff Today. Expect Political Capital.

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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

Catchphrases of 1931

  • Goodnight, Mrs. Calabash

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 DepressionGDP fell 30%; triggered by Black Tuesday (1929-10-29).

Time Elapsed

34,704 days ago

(95 years, 29 days)