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Saturday, February 17, 1934
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The Headlines
LaGuardia Sits as a Magistrate To Reopen War on Slot Machines; Converts Police Station Into Court to Serve Notice on Racketeers That Federal Decision Will Not Thwart City's Drive -- Lenient to Storekeepers. MAYOR ON BENCH IN GAMBLING WAR
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
33,711 days ago
(92 years, 131 days)