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Tuesday, October 9, 1934

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The Headlines

WALKER IS ACCUSED OF LAND SALE FRAUD; McGoldrick Charges He and Hilly Aided 'Scheme' Behind $2,569,909 Deal in 1926. CITY OPENS SUIT TO VOID IT Most of Property at Bergen Beach Submerged -- Walker, in London, Calls Case 'Silly.' WALKER ACCUSED IN CITY LAND DEAL

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Best-selling Sheet Music

Blue Moon

Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart

The must-have

Sorry! (Board Game)

On This Day

  • An Ustashe assassin kills King Alexander I of Yugoslavia and Louis Barthou, Foreign Minister of France, in Marseille.

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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

33,477 days ago

(91 years, 262 days)