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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

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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

34,686 days ago

(95 years, 11 days)