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Friday, July 31, 1931
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The Headlines
WORLD FLIERS QUIT BERLIN; Herndon and Pangborn Off in Hope of Making Up Their Lost Time. CONFIDENT OF NEW RECORD They Expect to Make a Short Cut Across Siberia to Equal Pace of Post and Gatty. MOTHER AND WIFE ELATED Older Woman Reveals Her Aid to Herndon, and Bride Plans Her Honeymoon. Dirty Weather" Ahead. Sighted Over Koenigsberg. Confident of Success. HERNDON CONTINUES ONWARD TO MOSCOW
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
- Milton Friedman (1912)
- Louis de Funès (1914)
- Primo Levi (1919)
- Premchand (1880)
- Friedrich Wöhler (1800)
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
34,643 days ago
(94 years, 333 days)