Thursday, April 12, 1934

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The Headlines

STORM IN HOUSE OVER WIRT'S 'PLOT'; Bulwinkle Alleges Gary Educator Was 'Jailed' During War as a Pro-German. McGUGIN VOICES DENIAL Meanwhile, Mrs. Roosevelt Asserts That Homestead Plan Is Not Communistic. STORM HITS HOUSE OVER WIRT CHARGES

Best-selling Sheet Music

Blue Moon

Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart

The must-have

Sorry! (Board Game)

On This Day

• The strongest surface wind gust in the world at the time of 231 mph, is measured on the summit of Mount Washington, New Hampshire. It has since been surpassed.

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• The U.S. Auto-Lite strike begins, culminating in a five-day melee between Ohio National Guard troops and 6,000 strikers and picketers.[citation needed]

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You Share a Birthday With

• Montserrat Caballé (1933)
• Jan Tinbergen (1903)
• Alexander Ostrovsky (1823)
• Christian IV of Denmark (1577)
• Otto Fritz Meyerhof (1884)

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Tech Check

Cat's Eye Road Studs, Telex & Hammond Organ.

Cost of Living (1930)