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Friday, May 11, 1934

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The Headlines

WHEAT FORECAST DIPS 170,000,000 BU. UNDER AVERAGE; Report Sets 461,471,000 Bu. for Winter Crop, Drop of 30,000,000 in Month. PRICE SOARS THE 5C LIMIT Heavy Dust Storms Sweep the West as New Menace to Parched Fields. WHEAT FORECAST TAKES HUGE DROP

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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

33,628 days ago

(92 years, 48 days)