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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.
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
34,704 days ago
(95 years, 29 days)