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Friday, July 27, 1934
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The Headlines
MINNEAPOLIS IS PUT UNDER MARTIAL LAW IN STRIKE DEADLOCK; Governor Acts After Employers Reject Peace Plan, Accepted by the Truckmen's Union. 4,000 TROOPS IN THE CITY Police and Sheriff Superseded by the Guardsmen -- Military Courts Will Be Set Up. OWNERS DENOUNCE OLSON He Retorts That They Are Out to Crush Labor -- Two Editors Are Held as Communists. MINNEAPOLIS PUT UNDER TROOP RULE
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
- Giosuè Carducci (1835)
- Alexandre Dumas fils (1824)
- Jean Baudrillard (1929)
- Murad IV (1612)
- Hans Fischer (1881)
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
33,551 days ago
(91 years, 336 days)