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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

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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

33,737 days ago

(92 years, 157 days)