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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

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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

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

33,520 days ago

(91 years, 305 days)