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Friday, May 18, 1934
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The Headlines
$25,181 TAKEN BACK FROM BOGUS NEEDY; Bureau Finds Many on Relief Rolls Have Good Jobs or Money in Banks.
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
- Pope John Paul II (1920)
- Bertrand Russell (1872)
- Omar Khayyam (1048)
- Nicholas II (1868)
- Walter Gropius (1883)
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
33,622 days ago
(92 years, 42 days)