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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

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Best-selling Sheet Music

Blue Moon

Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart

The must-have

Sorry! (Board Game)

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

damefellaswelllousy

Hardboiled

clip jointgriftershamusgunsel

Swing Era

alligatorjitterbugkiller dillerin the groove

Catchphrases of 1934

  • It happened one night

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)