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Monday, January 8, 1934
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The Headlines
ELLSWORTH SHIP AT ROSS BARRIER; Leader Hopes to Start Flight Tests From Bay of Whales Tonight or Tomorrow. WATER CLEAR OF PACK ICE Conditions Are Ideal for the Assembling of Plane for Transantarctic Adventure. ELLSWORTH SHIP AT ROSS BARRIER
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Blue Moon
Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart
The must-have
Sorry! (Board Game)
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
33,751 days ago
(92 years, 171 days)