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Thursday, November 8, 1934

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The Headlines

DOUMERGUE'S FALL IS EXPECTED TODAY; LAVAL MAY STEP IN; French Premier Indicates That His Letter of Resignation Is Ready for Final Meeting. WON'T TRY 'DICTATORSHIP' Entire Cabinet Will Get Out if Six Radical Socialists Quit Over Budget Procedure. SUCCESSION GROUP LISTED Flandin and Herriot Suggested as Leading Ministers in the Next Government. DOUMERGUE'S FALL IS EXPECTED TODAY

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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

33,447 days ago

(91 years, 232 days)