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Wednesday, April 11, 1934

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The Headlines

BILL FOR PURCHASE OF SILVER FAVORED BY SENATE GROUP; Approved Unanimously by Farm Committee, It Also Calls for Nationalization. LIKELY TO PASS CONGRESS But Treasury Officials and the President Are Reported as Opposed to It. INFLATION SOUGHT IN NEW SILVER BILL

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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

33,659 days ago

(92 years, 79 days)