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Tuesday, July 7, 1931

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The Headlines

ROOSEVELT ASSAILS '10-LAYER' TAX LOAD AS OUTWORN RELIC; Governor, in Virginia Institute Speech, Lays Excess to 'Too Much Local Government.' URGES MODERN REMOLDING He Calls for Reducing and Simplifying Forms of 'Ox-Cart Age' to Meet Changed Conditions. FOR PLANNING BY STATES Opposing Any "Federal Yardstick," He Advocates "Jeffersonian" Way to Readjust Country for Future. Multiplicity of Government Units. ROOSEVELT ASSAILS '10-LAYER' TAX LOAD Looks to "Rural Industrialists." His "Future" Hailed By Pollard.

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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

34,667 days ago

(94 years, 357 days)