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Saturday, January 6, 1934
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The Headlines
WOULD GUARANTEE 4 BILLION IN BONDS; President Will Ask Congress to Back Home Loan and Farm Credit Issues. MORAL OBLIGATION' SEEN Interest Alone Now Insured -- Drop in Mortgage Values to Be Only Real Treasury Liability. WOULD GUARANTEE 4 BILLION IN BONDS
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Blue Moon
Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart
The must-have
Sorry! (Board Game)
You Share a Birthday With
- Joan of Arc (1412)
- Kahlil Gibran (1883)
- Kim Dae-jung (1924)
- Carl Sandburg (1878)
- Gustave Doré (1832)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
damefellaswelllousy
Hardboiled
clip jointgriftershamusgunsel
Swing Era
alligatorjitterbugkiller dillerin the groove
Tech Check
Cat's Eye Road Studs, Telex & Hammond Organ.
Cost of Living (1930)
Loaf of Bread
$0.09
Gallon of Gas
$0.20
Average Home
$3,900
New Car
$640
Time Elapsed
33,753 days ago
(92 years, 173 days)