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Wednesday, July 25, 1934

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The Headlines

BUS INDICTMENTS FOR MANSLAUGHTER TO BE ASKED TODAY; Grand Jury Will Get Charges Against 'Several Persons' in Ossining Crash. INSPECTION ORDERED HERE Mayor Also Directs Check-Up on Owners -- Lehman to Ask Special Session to Act, BUS INDICTMENTS TO BE ASKED TODAY

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Best-selling Sheet Music

Blue Moon

Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart

The must-have

Sorry! (Board Game)

On This Day

  • The Nazis assassinate Austrian Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss in a failed coup attempt.

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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

33,553 days ago

(91 years, 338 days)