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Sunday, August 9, 1931
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The Headlines
EX-CAPTAIN MISSING IN POLICE GRAFT HUNT; Sought by Seabury to Testify on Huge Sums Reported Paid by Distillers. OTHER OFFICERS UNDER FIRE Big Still and Brewery Owners Pay More Than All Speakeasies, Counsel Is Told. Huge Still Graft Is Seen. EX-POLICE CAPTAIN HUNTED BY SEABURY Keller Connections Studied.
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
- Jean Piaget (1896)
- Amedeo Avogadro (1776)
- Tove Jansson (1914)
- William Alfred Fowler (1911)
- Mário Zagallo (1931)
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
34,635 days ago
(94 years, 325 days)