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Tuesday, October 16, 1934

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The Headlines

STOLLS FAIL TO GET WORD IN TIME SET; 4:30 P.M. of Fifth Day Passes Without the Communication Promised by Kidnappers. NOTE CONTENTS REVEALED Indicated Father-in-Law of Abducted Woman Was Target as a Foe of the New Deal. NO WORD RECEIVED IN MRS. STOLL CASE

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Best-selling Sheet Music

Blue Moon

Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart

The must-have

Sorry! (Board Game)

On This Day

  • Chinese Communists begin the Long March to escape Nationalist encirclement.

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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

33,470 days ago

(91 years, 255 days)