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Tuesday, July 24, 1934
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The Headlines
REICH IS MOBILIZING ALL TRADE FORCES TO FIGHT 'BLOCKADE'; Warning Is Given That Buying of Foreign Goods May Be Banned in Retaliation. INDUSTRY IS STRANGLING Rationing of Supplies Similar to Plan During the World War Believed Imminent. REICH MOBILIZING ALL TRADE FORCES
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Blue Moon
Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart
The must-have
Sorry! (Board Game)
You Share a Birthday With
- Simón Bolívar (1783)
- Alexandre Dumas (1802)
- Amelia Earhart (1897)
- Henrik Pontoppidan (1857)
- Robert Graves (1895)
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
33,554 days ago
(91 years, 339 days)