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Saturday, October 6, 1934
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The Headlines
BRITISH TORIES ASK NATIONAL LOTTERY AND MODIFIED 'NRA'; Conservative Convention Backs Overwhelmingly Plan to Keep Gambling Money at Home. SEEKS TO SPUR INDUSTRY Adopts Reorganization Move Designed to Help Both Employers and Workers. SOME ATTACK THE STEP Sir Isidore Salmon Holds It Will Mean a 'General Johnson' to Stifle Initiative.
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
33,480 days ago
(91 years, 265 days)