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Thursday, September 27, 1934
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The Headlines
BANKERS PROPOSE CITY TAX ON SALES AND ON SALARIES; Hold Program Would Furnish Sufficient Funds for the Financing of Relief. REJECT PRESENT PROGRAM Report Business and Income Plans Are Inadequate and Others Legally Unsound. $37,000,000 REVENUE SEEN Letter Warns Against Unhinging Credit -- Employers Would Share in Pay Levy. BANKERS URGE TAX ON SALES AND PAY
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Blue Moon
Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart
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Sorry! (Board Game)
You Share a Birthday With
- AD 808 (808)
- Grazia Deledda (1871)
- Louis XIII (1601)
- Martin Ryle (1918)
- Wilford Brimley (1934)
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
33,489 days ago
(91 years, 274 days)