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Thursday, July 9, 1931
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The Headlines
NEPHEWS OF MAYOR AND M'COOEY FACE EXAMINATION ON JOBS; W. H. Walker Jr. and Donald Byrne Must Explain Posts With Cement Company. POLITICAL ANGLE IS DENIED Hagen, Colleague of Pair, Tells Seabury He Got Position for the Asking. SUBPOENA OUT FOR KLEIN Inquiry Into Queens Building Bureau Pushed--Missing BradyAide Banked $150,000. Just Asked" for Job. TO QUERY NEPHEW OF WALKER ON JOB Klein Is Subpoenaed.
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Minnie the Moocher
Cab Calloway
The must-have
Charlotte Clark Mickey Mouse
You Share a Birthday With
- Edward Heath (1916)
- Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (1578)
- Hassan II of Morocco (1929)
- Ben Roy Mottelson (1926)
- Franz Boas (1858)
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
34,666 days ago
(94 years, 356 days)