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Friday, January 15, 1932
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The Headlines
EUROPEANS PREDICT REPARATIONS PARLEY AFTER OUR ELECTION; Bankers Think Lausanne Session Will Arrive at Only a Short Provisional Arrangement. BRITISH SHUN REPUDIATION Refuse to Consider Italian Suggestion of Joint Action Against United States. BERLIN PRESS FAVORS IDEA French Sea Necessity of Accord With London Before Lausanne Conference Starts. EUROPEANS PREDICT LATER DEBT PARLEY
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
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The must-have
Charlotte Clark Mickey Mouse
You Share a Birthday With
- Martin Luther King Jr. (1929)
- Molière (1622)
- Gamal Abdel Nasser (1918)
- Pierre-Joseph Proudhon (1809)
- Sofya Kovalevskaya (1850)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
damefellaswelllousy
Hardboiled
clip jointgriftershamusgunsel
Swing Era
alligatorjitterbugkiller dillerin the groove
Tech Check
Parking Meter, Zoom Lens & Folding Wheelchair.
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
34,475 days ago
(94 years, 165 days)