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Monday, February 26, 1934

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The Headlines

3 SEIZED IN BATTLE IN LOBBY OF HOTEL; Shot Is Fired, Guests Flee as One of Two Murder Suspects Fights Policeman for Pistol. NONCHALANT BRIDE TAKEN Brothers Are Linked to Raid and Killings in Needham, Mass., Bank on Feb. 2. FUGITIVES SEIZED AFTER FIGHT IN HOTEL HERE. Times Wide World Photo. 3 SEIZED IN BATTLE IN A HOTEL LOBBY

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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

33,703 days ago

(92 years, 123 days)