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Tuesday, January 23, 1934
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The Headlines
ROOSEVELT BACKS TREATY NAVY BILL; $286,445,577 ASKED; Vinson Program Is Endorsed as Money Bill for 1935 Is Reported to House. AYERS URGES INCREASE 'Disarmament by Example Is a Failure,' He Says -- Japan's Demands Are Cited. ROOSEVELT BACKS TREATY NAVY BILL
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
- David Hilbert (1862)
- Stendhal (1783)
- Édouard Manet (1832)
- Derek Walcott (1930)
- Hideki Yukawa (1907)
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
33,737 days ago
(92 years, 157 days)