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Tuesday, April 17, 1934
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The Headlines
INDICT GOV. LANGER FOR FORCING GIFTS OUT OF RELIEF PAY; Federal Jurors in North Dakota Accuse Eight Others in CWA Funds Scandal. POLITICAL 'TAX' CHARGED Group Alleged to Have Levied on Workers to Support a Republican Paper. INDICT GOV. LANGER FOR RELIEF PLOT
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
- Sirimavo Bandaranaike (1916)
- J. P. Morgan (1837)
- William Holden (1918)
- Thornton Wilder (1897)
- Pedro de Valdivia (1497)
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
33,652 days ago
(92 years, 72 days)