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Monday, August 6, 1934
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The Headlines
SMITH AND SEABURY PUSH CHARTER WAR; Both Will Explain on Radio Why They Left Commission in Protest on Policies. BOARD MAY QUIT TILL FALL Meets Tomorrow to Replace Them -- Members Predict Greater Harmony Now. SMITH AND SEABURY PUSH CHARTER WAR
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
- Andy Warhol (1928)
- Alexander Fleming (1881)
- Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809)
- Lucille Ball (1911)
- Robert Mitchum (1917)
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
33,541 days ago
(91 years, 326 days)