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Wednesday, August 19, 1931
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The Headlines
TAMMANY MEN REBUFFED BY ROOSEVELT ON FIGHT FOR AN UP-STATE INQUIRY; LEADERS VAINLY PUSH PLEA Dunnigan and Steingut Kept Waiting Hours at Executive Mansion. THREE PLANS FROWNED ON Governor Reported Ready to Limit Immunity Power to Hofstadter Committee. RUMOR OF SPLIT IS DENIED 'Hot Weather Tale,' Executive Says, Retorting to Rumor of an Open Break. Denies Tammany "Break." Holds Plan Unconstitutional. GOVERNOR REBUFFS TAMMANY LEADERS
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
34,625 days ago
(94 years, 315 days)