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Monday, September 14, 1931
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The Headlines
GANDHI IN RADIO PLEA ASKS AMERICA TO AID; India Shows World Way to Reace in Her Non-Violent Struggle for Freedom, He Says.BROADCAST IS HIS FIRSTHe Keeps Millions Waiting asHe Eats--Sees FashionableLondon Hotel Life. Sees Fashionable London Life. Gandhi Receives Memorial. GANDHI RADIO PLEA ASKS AMERICA'S AID Faces Statue of St. Francis. HOLMES CHARMED BY GANDHI. New York Pastor Finds Mahatma a Man of Dignity, Poise and Intellect.
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
- Alexander von Humboldt (1769)
- Francisco de Quevedo (1580)
- Margaret Sanger (1879)
- Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa (1486)
- al-Ma'mun (768)
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
34,598 days ago
(94 years, 288 days)