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Thursday, May 10, 1934
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The Headlines
M'GOLDRICK MADE CITY CONTROLLER; LONG TAMMANY FOE; Mayor in Appointing Deputy Calls Him Effective Fighter for Good Government. HE SITS ON TWO BOARDS Pays Banks $5,000,000 Held Up by Cunningham's Death -- Prepares Economies. FISCAL 'CONTINUITY' KEPT Columbia Professor on Leave, Now 32, Is Second Youngest to Hold Controller's Post. M'GOLDRICK MADE CITY CONTROLLER
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Blue Moon
Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart
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Sorry! (Board Game)
You Share a Birthday With
- Fred Astaire (1899)
- Heydar Aliyev (1923)
- Gustav Stresemann (1878)
- Karl Barth (1886)
- Augustin-Jean Fresnel (1788)
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
33,630 days ago
(92 years, 50 days)