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Saturday, August 1, 1931
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The Headlines
PARIS AND NEW YORK PLAN $250,000,000 CREDIT TO BRITAIN; Joint Advance by the Federal Reserve and Bank of France Is Expected Today. GOES TO BANK OF ENGLAND Paris Paper Says This Is First Time We Acted on Equal Footing in Credit Deal. BRITISH BOARD ASKS CUTS Saving of $500,000,000 Yearly In Budget Seen as Necessary to Avert a Crisis. Bankers Will Meet Today. Cheaper Money Required. PARIS AND NEW YORK PLAN AID TO BRITAIN
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
34,642 days ago
(94 years, 332 days)