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Tuesday, February 20, 1934
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The Headlines
COURT ORDERS CITY TO RAISE $324,000 FOR TRANSIT BOARD; Mayor Says Corporate Stock Will Be Voted, but He Doubts It Can Be Sold. PAY NOW IS IN ARREARS Haskell Accuses LaGuardia of 'Picayune and Pettifogging' Tactics on Visit. CITY MUST MEET TRANSIT BOARD PAY
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
33,708 days ago
(92 years, 128 days)