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Thursday, May 24, 1934
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The Headlines
TROOPS IN TOLEDO TO CHECK RIOTING; WORKERS BESIEGED; Battle Rages at Auto-Lite Plant as 3,000 Strikers Batter Factory Gate. MINNEAPOLIS GUARD READY Mobilized as Employers Accept, Unions Reject, Labor Board Terms -- Truce Renewed. BEFORE TRUCE HALTED STRIKE RIOTS. TROOPS IN TOLEDO TO CHECK RIOTING
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
- Queen Victoria (1819)
- Mikhail Sholokhov (1905)
- Jean-Paul Marat (1743)
- Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit (1686)
- William Gilbert (physicist) (1544)
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
33,615 days ago
(92 years, 35 days)