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Wednesday, April 4, 1934
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The Headlines
4 1/4 LIBERTIES REFUNDED AT 3 1/4 IN NEW TREASURY FINANCING; RECORD SET BY STATE BONDS; $1,005,000,000 INVOLVED New Federal Securities to Be Given in Exchange on April 15. NONE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH Similar Privilege Is Offered to Holders of $244,234,600 of Notes Due May 2. $10,000,000 SAVING SEEN Owners of Both Old Issues Will Have Option of Demanding Cash Settlement. REFUND LIBERTIES IN NEW FINANCING
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
- Maya Angelou (1928)
- Andrei Tarkovsky (1932)
- Caracalla (188)
- Marguerite Duras (1914)
- Isoroku Yamamoto (1884)
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
33,665 days ago
(92 years, 85 days)