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Monday, January 25, 1932
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The Headlines
JAPAN READY TO ACT AT SHANGHAI TODAY IF THE CHINESE BALK; Warships Strip Guns to Fire -- Foreign Forces Prepare to Meet Any Emergency. HARBOR BLAST ROCKS CITY People in Terror as Lighters With Explosives Blow Up, Killing Thirty-five. TOKYO ENVOY'S HOME FIRED Head of American Express Office Is Slain by Sentry -- Foreign Minister Chen Resigns. JAPAN READY TO ACT AT SHANGHAI TODAY
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Jay Gorney
#1 at the box office
High Pressure
$135,971
The must-have
Charlotte Clark Mickey Mouse
On This Day
Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese National Revolutionary Army begins the defense of Harbin.
Wikipedia →Alt Llobregat insurrection suppressed in Central Catalonia, Spain.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Virginia Woolf (1882)
- Robert Burns (1759)
- W. Somerset Maugham (1874)
- Robert Boyle (1627)
- Joseph-Louis Lagrange (1736)
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
34,465 days ago
(94 years, 155 days)