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Monday, August 27, 1934
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The Headlines
' TREMENDOUS GAINS' CITED BY RICHBERG IN REVIEWING NRA FIGHT ON DEPRESSION; HELD A REPLY TO CRITICS Coincidence of Business Advance With NRA Codification Stressed. WEEKLY WAGES UP 37.5% Executive Council Secretary Emphasizes 2,320,000 Rise in Jobs Since June, 1933. PRICES AT 'PROFIT LEVELS' First of 7 Reports to Roosevelt on the New Deal Calls NRA the Stabilizing Factor. TREMENDOUS GAIN' CITED BY RICHBERG
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Blue Moon
Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart
The must-have
Sorry! (Board Game)
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
33,520 days ago
(91 years, 305 days)