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Saturday, June 23, 1934

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The Headlines

PWA TO ALLOT $25,000,000 ON SLUM CLEARANCE HERE; BUILDERS MAY CUT PRICES; IDEAS OF CITY APPROVED But Ickes Is Awaiting Specific Program Before Acting. BARS HIGH-PRICED SITES Exact Plans Will Be Withheld in Capital Until the Slum Lands Are Acquired. 3-FOLD DRIVE ON COSTS I.C.C. Freight-Rate Cut and Reductions in Materials Prices and Wages Are Planned. PWA READY TO AID CITY CLEAR SLUMS

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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

33,585 days ago

(92 years, 5 days)