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Saturday, July 14, 1934

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The Headlines

HITLER JUSTIFIES KILLINGS AS 'REICH'S SUPREME JUDGE'; DEFIES BOYCOTT BY WORLD; PUTS DEATH TOTAL AT 77 Hailed by Reichstag, He Says Fate of Nation Was in His Hands. SCORES TRAITOROUS AIDES Plot of Roehm and Schleicher Forced 'Lightning' Action, Chancellor Declares. ADMITS ECONOMIC FEARS But Asserts Inventors and Chemists Can Make Country Independent of Imports. HITLER JUSTIFIES REVOLT KILLINGS

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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

33,564 days ago

(91 years, 349 days)