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Friday, September 11, 1931

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The Headlines

YIELD TO ROOSEVELT ON RELIEF PROGRAM; Republicans Amend Their Bills to Include 50% Tax Rise and Executive Commission. QUALIFY LATTER PROVISION Party Strategists, in All-Day Session, Make Board a Bureau in Welfare Department. Amendments on Two Points. Fearon and McGinnies in Accord. YIELD TO ROOSEVELT ON RELIEF PROGRAM One Concession Is Modified. Other Roosevelt Program Bills. Labor and Tax Bills Amended. To Confer on Party Actions. Fearon Aloof on Dunnigan Bill. Plan for "White-Collar" Jobs.

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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

Catchphrases of 1931

  • Goodnight, Mrs. Calabash

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 DepressionGDP fell 30%; triggered by Black Tuesday (1929-10-29).

Time Elapsed

34,601 days ago

(94 years, 291 days)