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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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Blue Moon
Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart
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Sorry! (Board Game)
You Share a Birthday With
- Salvador Dalí (1904)
- Richard Feynman (1918)
- Camilo José Cela (1916)
- Edsger W. Dijkstra (1930)
- Antony Hewish (1924)
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
33,628 days ago
(92 years, 48 days)