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Monday, June 11, 1934
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The Headlines
WIDE HUNT NETS NO TRACE OF PLANE WITH 7 ABOARD; FEARED SMASHED ON PEAK; FLIERS SEARCH CATSKILLS ' Distress Signal,' Seen on High Mountain, Revives Hope. MISSING NEARLY 36 HOURS Airliner on Way From Newark to Syracuse Last Sighted in Trouble in Clouds. STORMS HAMPER QUEST But Posses Scour the Wooded Slopes as Pilots Plan New Effort Today. TYPE OF LOST PLANE AND REGION WHERE SEARCH CENTRES. WIDE SEARCH FAILS TO TRACE AIRLINER
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Blue Moon
Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart
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Sorry! (Board Game)
You Share a Birthday With
- Yasunari Kawabata (1899)
- Gene Wilder (1933)
- Jacques Cousteau (1910)
- Richard Strauss (1864)
- Ben Jonson (1572)
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
33,597 days ago
(92 years, 17 days)