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Wednesday, July 15, 1931
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The Headlines
WHEAT REVOLT STIRS REPUBLICAN LEADERS; Local Price of 25 Cents a Bushel Arouses Western Newspapers Against the Farm Board. 'MORATORIUM' MOVE STARTS Southwestern Farmers Ask Stay on Collections by Bankers and Machinery Dealers. Points to the Hoover Moratorium. FARM REVOLT STIRS REPUBLICAN ALARM Capper Drops Party Task. Movement for a Farm Moratorium. Get No Advice on Holding Crop.
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
34,659 days ago
(94 years, 349 days)