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Thursday, September 10, 1931
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The Headlines
HUGE HYLAN MARKET IS SIFTED BY SEABURY; Reasons Hunted for Failure of $15,000,000 Plant in Bronx --Dwyer to Be Called. THREE JUDGES UNDER FIRE Two Magistrates in Brooklyn and One in Queens to Be Queried on 'Fixer' Ring. Brooklyn Judges Under Fire. HUGE HYLAN MARKET SIFTED BY SEABURY Job Fund Inquiry Pushed.
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
- Arthur Compton (1892)
- Pope Julius III (1487)
- Charles Sanders Peirce (1839)
- Georges Bataille (1897)
- Henry Purcell (1659)
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
34,602 days ago
(94 years, 292 days)