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Thursday, October 8, 1931
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The Headlines
REICH CABINET OUT; BRUENING TO REMAIN; Hindenburg Bids Him Organize Non-Partisan Ministry After Old One Makes Way. NEW SAVINGS ARE DECREED Emergency Measure Gives the Government Wide Economic, Fiscal and Police Powers. Selections Not Indicated. REICH CABINET OUT; BRUENING TO REMAIN Imports to Be Reduced. Debt Settlements Urged. Budgetary Year Prolonged. Sees Like Situation Here.
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
- Marina Tsvetaeva (1892)
- Juan Perón (1895)
- Frank Herbert (1920)
- Otto Heinrich Warburg (1883)
- Zog I (1895)
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
34,575 days ago
(94 years, 265 days)