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Friday, June 19, 1931
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The Headlines
PRESIDENT RETURNS CHEERED BY OUTLOOK IN THE CORDIAL WEST; He Received Reports in Five States of Less Unemployment and Bright Crop Prospects. HEARTENED BY WELCOMES But His Friends Assert That He Had No Political Aim in His Addresses. STATE LEADERS PLEASED President Goes Directly to His Office and Plunges Into Accumulated Work. Cheered by Economic Outlook. PRESIDENT RETURNS HEARTENED BY TOUR
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
34,686 days ago
(95 years, 11 days)