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Saturday, April 28, 1934

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The Headlines

TAX UPON BUSINESS HELD SURE AS CITY CUTS OFF PROTESTS; Tammany and Fusion Forces Agree in Ending Hearing After 32 Opponents Speak. TRADE LEADERS BAITED Cunningham Backs Alderman in Attack on High Pay of Insurance Executives. LEFKOWITZ FOR IMPOST Challenges Good Faith of Foes -- Harvey Leads Merchants in Plea for Fare Rise. BUSINESS TAX FOES CUT OFF AT HEARING

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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

33,641 days ago

(92 years, 61 days)