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Monday, February 1, 1932
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The Headlines
HOOVER AND CABINET ACT; Eight Warships, Infantry and Marines Speeded From Manila. NEW PROTEST TO JAPAN Nanking Decides Not to Declare War, but to Continue Her Resistance to Invasion. BRITAIN SENDS MORE SHIPS French Foreign Office Gives Assurance of Cooperation With Other Powers. Great Powers Rush Forces to Protect Their Interests at Shanghai
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Jay Gorney
#1 at the box office
Tomorrow and Tomorrow
$183,000
The must-have
Charlotte Clark Mickey Mouse
You Share a Birthday With
- Boris Yeltsin (1931)
- Clark Gable (1901)
- John Ford (1894)
- Langston Hughes (1902)
- Emilio Segrè (1905)
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
34,459 days ago
(94 years, 149 days)