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Thursday, October 25, 1934

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The Headlines

HAUPTMANN TRIAL PUT OFF TO JAN. 2; 'JAFSIE' VISITS HIM; Court Fixes Date to Give Time for the Defense and Avoid Sessions at Christmas. NOT GUILTY' PLEA MADE Dr. Condon Talks an Hour With Suspect -- Alibi Evidence for Day of Crime Retracted. HAUPTMANN TRIAL PUT OFF TO JAN. 2

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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

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

33,461 days ago

(91 years, 246 days)