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Tuesday, March 27, 1934
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The Headlines
ROOSEVELT WANTS 'TEETH' IN STOCK EXCHANGE BILL; SEEKS SPECULATION LIMIT; SUPPORTS PENDING DRAFT It Meets Minimum Requirements of Strict Regulation, He Says. LARGE MARGINS REQUESTED President Asserts Protests Are 'Highly Organized' From a 'Common Source.' FLOOR TRADERS SEE HARM Bill Is Introduced for Stringent Regulation of Commodity Exchanges. ROOSEVELT BACKS THE EXCHANGE 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
- Wilhelm Röntgen (1845)
- James Callaghan (1912)
- Gloria Swanson (1899)
- Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (1886)
- Eisaku Satō (1901)
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
33,673 days ago
(92 years, 93 days)