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Friday, June 22, 1934
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The Headlines
BANKS TO CUT RATE ON CITY NOTES 1%; SAVING IS $500,000; Reduce the Interest to 3% on $50,000,000 to Be Sold June 30 Under Agreement. LOWER RESERVE WEIGHED McGoldrick Takes Up Reduction With Bankers -- Doubts Rise in 1935 Budget. BANKS TO CUT RATE ON CITY NOTES 1%
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Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart
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You Share a Birthday With
- AD 1000 (1000)
- Erich Maria Remarque (1898)
- Giuseppe Mazzini (1805)
- Wilhelm von Humboldt (1767)
- Billy Wilder (1906)
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
33,586 days ago
(92 years, 6 days)