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Friday, December 25, 1931
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The Headlines
SOLE COLL ACCUSER ADMITS LIE ON STAND; Confesses to Police Record and to Having Been an Inmate of a Mental Institution: AN 'EYE WITNESS' BEFORE Man Who 'Saw' Baby Killings Here Told a Similar Story in St. Louis Murder Case. Police Did Not Have Record. ACCUSER OF COLL ADMITS LIE AT TRIAL Had Testified Before.
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
- Isaac Newton (1642)
- Anwar Sadat (1918)
- Humphrey Bogart (1899)
- Muhammad Ali Jinnah (1876)
- Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1924)
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
34,497 days ago
(94 years, 187 days)