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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
Read in The New York Times →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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You Share a Birthday With
- Oscar Wilde (1854)
- Günter Grass (1927)
- David Ben-Gurion (1886)
- Eugene O'Neill (1888)
- Enver Hoxha (1908)
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
33,470 days ago
(91 years, 255 days)