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Friday, February 5, 1932
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The Headlines
OGDEN MILLS CHOSEN FOR TREASURY HEAD TO SUCCEED MELLON; His Confirmation Is Apparently Certain, Despite Opposition From a Few Insurgents. NEW POST PLEASES MELLON His Going to London Is Regarded as Very Timely Because of Debts Problem. BRITISH HAIL HIS COMING He is Acclaimed on All Sides for Wide Understanding -- Germans Voice Mope of Debt Revision. OGDEN MILLS PICKED AS TREASURY HEAD
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
- William S. Burroughs (1914)
- Robert Peel (1788)
- Robert Hofstadter (1915)
- Adlai Stevenson II (1900)
- Alan Hodgkin (1914)
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
34,455 days ago
(94 years, 145 days)