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Thursday, December 24, 1931
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The Headlines
$45,000 OF PIER FEE CASHED BY HICKIN; He Refuses to Waive Immunity in Inquiry on "Split" After Withdrawals Are Disclosed. MAIER REVEALS INFLUENCE Admits Paying $500 to Official Now Dead--Seabury Scores Him as Evasive. Maler Waives Immunity. Queried on Conviction. Hickin, on Stand, Denounces Seabury Hickin Checks Identified. Hickin Insists on Immunity. McNaboe Defends Witness. Clash on Maier Testimony. Tells of Trip With Walker. Grell Was Political Friend. Tells of Hiring Hickin. Recants on $50,000 Fee. Admits Plan for Split. Calling of Walker Vetoed. McKenzie Is Questioned.
Read in The New York Times →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
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
34,498 days ago
(94 years, 188 days)