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Wednesday, January 10, 1934

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The Headlines

ESTIMATE BOARD MAY GET POWER LAGUARDIA SEEKS; MAYOR AT CAPITOL TODAY; GOVERNOR HAS OPEN MIND Eager to Cooperate and Will Give All the Time Needed for Accord. TALK TO HAVE WIDE SCOPE Expected to Broaden Into a Discussion of Whole City Reform Program. MAYOR'S AIDES TO ATTEND Lehman Invites Prof. Lindsay Rogers and Ex-Controller McAneny to Be Present. LEHMAN TO MEET LAGUARDIA TODAY

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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

Catchphrases of 1934

  • It happened one night

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

33,749 days ago

(92 years, 169 days)