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Thursday, November 29, 1934

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The Headlines

OUT LAW NELSON FOUND DEAD FROM SLAIN OFFICERS' SHOTS; DUTCH SCHULTZ SURRENDERS; 17 BULLETS HIT NELSON Dillinger Gangster's Body Abandoned by His Companions. ASKED UNDERTAKER'S AID Unknown Man Twice Telephoned Directions for Finding Gunman's Corpse. COWLEY DIES OF WOUNDS Wide Net Spread for Fugitive Man and Woman -- 'Baby Face' Filed Fingers. ' BABY FACE' KILLED BY OFFICERS' SHOTS

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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

33,426 days ago

(91 years, 211 days)