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Wednesday, May 16, 1934
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The Headlines
KENNEALLY TO ACT AS TAMMANY CHIEF; A BLOW AT AHEARN; Named Temporarily by Group With 9 5/12 Votes Until Curry Successor Is Elected. MOVE CALLED IMPROMPTU Seen as Aimed at Candidacy of Main Contender -- Choice Made at Suggestion of Knott. KENNEALLY TO ACT AS TAMMANY CHIEF
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Blue Moon
Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart
The must-have
Sorry! (Board Game)
You Share a Birthday With
- Henry Fonda (1905)
- Pope Innocent XI (1611)
- Maria Gaetana Agnesi (1718)
- Celâl Bayar (1883)
- William H. Seward (1801)
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
33,623 days ago
(92 years, 43 days)