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Monday, August 13, 1934
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The Headlines
AAA MAPS FIGHT ON FOOD G0UGERS; WILL USE PUBLICITY; Licensing Powers Also Will Be Invoked to Make Expected Rises 'Stay in Line.' CROP EXPANSION PLANNED 10,000,000 More Acres May Be Planted in 1935 to Offset the Drought Destruction.
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Blue Moon
Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart
The must-have
Sorry! (Board Game)
You Share a Birthday With
- Fidel Castro (1926)
- Alfred Hitchcock (1899)
- Frederick Sanger (1918)
- Karl Liebknecht (1871)
- John Logie Baird (1888)
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
33,535 days ago
(91 years, 320 days)