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Tuesday, November 3, 1931

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The Headlines

BUYING LIFTS WHEAT IN WORLD MARKETS; RUSSIA DENIES HALT; Rush in Chicago Pit Boosts Prices More Than 2 Cents in Day's Trading. FARM VALUE UP MILLIONS Profit-Taking Causes No Check --Canceled Purchases in Europe Aid Advance. CUTTEN REPORTED IN POOL Soviet Embassy at Berlin Says No Ban Has Been Put on Exports, but Shipments Have Fallen. Profit-Taking Fails as Check. BUYING LIFTS WHEAT IN WORLD MARKETS Cash Floating Supply Low. European Crops Hit Hard. Trend of New Buying Uncertain.

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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

34,548 days ago

(94 years, 238 days)