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Wednesday, November 28, 1934
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The Headlines
FIGHT ON SALES TAX GROWING SWIFTLY; Levy Called Crippling Blow to City's Business That Will Drive Trade Elsewhere. UNEMPLOYMENT RISE SEEN Ruin of Many Small Shops Is Predicted -- Mass Protest Planned at Hearing Today. FIGHT ON SALES TAX GROWING SWIFTLY
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Blue Moon
Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart
The must-have
Sorry! (Board Game)
You Share a Birthday With
- Friedrich Engels (1820)
- William Blake (1757)
- Stefan Zweig (1881)
- Alexander Blok (1880)
- Claude Lévi-Strauss (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
33,427 days ago
(91 years, 212 days)