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Thursday, April 5, 1934
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The Headlines
FIRETRAP HUNT ON IN ALL CITY SCHOOLS; McElligott Orders His Aides to Inspect Every Building -- Borough's Bureaus Act. CAMPBELL ISSUES A LIST Responsibility for Possible Risks Debated -- Manhattan Is Cleared by Inspector. FIRETRAP HUNT ON IN CITY'S SCHOOLS
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
- Thomas Hobbes (1588)
- Bette Davis (1908)
- Gregory Peck (1916)
- Pope Urban VIII (1568)
- Spencer Tracy (1900)
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)