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Friday, June 26, 1931
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The Headlines
FLEW TO MOSCOW IN RAIN; Post and Gatty Spent the Night There Following Hop From Berlin. DELAYED AT DAWN TAKE-OFF Lose Several Hours and Have to Give Up Plan to Reach Irkutsk Late Tonight. NOVO-SIBIRSK GOAL INSTEAD Fliers, in Fine Shape, Hope to Be Back in New York in Less Than Ten Days. Reach Moscow in Afternoon. Not Afraid of Urals. POST AND GATTY FLY INTO SIBERIA
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
34,678 days ago
(95 years, 3 days)