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Saturday, April 21, 1934
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The Headlines
ROOSEVELT RENEWS HIS PLEA TO EXTEND CUTS IN RAIL WAGES; Letter to Eastman Proposes Roads' New Earnings Be Used for Employment. CABINET INQUIRY ORDERED Perkins, Roper and Cummings Named to Study Ways to Revise Capital Structure. STRIKE BALLOT IS FEARED Some Men Are Reported Demanding at Least Partial Restoration of Pay on July 1. ROOSEVELT RENEWS RAIL PAY CUT PLEA
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Blue Moon
Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart
The must-have
Sorry! (Board Game)
On This Day
The "Surgeon's Photograph", the most famous photo allegedly showing the Loch Ness Monster, is published in the Daily Mail (in 1994, it is revealed to be a hoax).
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You Share a Birthday With
- Elizabeth II (1926)
- Max Weber (1864)
- Charlotte Brontë (1816)
- Anthony Quinn (1915)
- Percy Williams Bridgman (1882)
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
33,649 days ago
(92 years, 69 days)