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Friday, September 21, 1934

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The Headlines

CURLEY LEADS COLE IN MASSACHUSETTS; CLAIMS HE HAS WON; Ex-Mayor, Ahead in Primary Fight for Governor, Declares Roosevelt Endorsed. WALSH IS RENOMINATED Senator Gets Big Vote -- Bacon Leads Goodwin 2 to 1 in Republican Governorship Race. CURLEY LEADS COLE IN MASSACHUSETTS

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Best-selling Sheet Music

Blue Moon

Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart

The must-have

Sorry! (Board Game)

On This Day

  • A large typhoon hits western Honshū, Japan, killing more than 3,000 people.

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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

33,495 days ago

(91 years, 280 days)