Remember When 1934

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•  Income per year  ..... $1,600•  New house  ............... $5,970•  Rent  ................................. $20•  New car .........................  $625•  Gallon of gas  ..................  10¢•  Gallon of milk  ................  45¢•  Loaf of bread  .................... 8¢•  First-class stamp  ..............3¢•  Movie ticket  ................... 23¢

COST OF LIVING

Franklin D. Roosevelt32nd. U.S. President

Served March 4, 1933 – April 12, 1945

‘Civilization cannot go back; civilization must not stand still. We have undertaken new methods. It is our task to perfect, to improve, to alter when necessary, but in all cases to go forward.’

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Packard Dietrich

A British surgeon passes off a fake photo of the Loch Ness Monster.Frank Capra’s “It Happened One Night” is released.

Movies• “TheGayDivorce”• “ItHappenedOneNight”• “TheThinMan”• “ImitationofLife”• “FinishingSchool”• “TheManWhoKnewTooMuch”• “Cleopatra”• “TarzanandHisMate”• “OfHumanBondage”• “TheBlackCat”

Music• “MoonGlow,”BennyGoodman• “Continental(youKissWhileYou’reDancing),”LeoReisman• “TumblingTumbleweeds,”TheSonsofthePioneers• “SmokeGetsinYourEyes,”PaulWhiteman• “CocktailsForTwo,”DukeEllington• “TheVeryThoughtofYou,”RayNoble• “LoveinBloom,”BingCrosby• “HoneysuckleRose,”FatsWaller

remember when...

Ford V8 Deluxe Phaeton

Bank robbers Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow are killed during an ambush.

BORN THIS YEAR: Hank Aaron, baseball player (Feb. 5). Above left: Florence Henderson, actress (Feb. 14);

Willard Scott, TV personality (March 7); Norman Schwarzkopf, general (Aug. 22); Sophia Loren, actress

(Sept. 20).

World events• InNaziGermanythepoliticalpowerofthefederalstatessuchasPrussiaissub-stantiallyabolishedbythe“LawontheReconstructionoftheReich”onJan.30.

• TheGreatHakodateFirekillsatleast2,166peopleMarch20insouthernHok-kaido,Japan.• LondongynaecologistRobertKennethWilsontakesaphotographoftheLochNessMonsteronApril21.Itwasprovenin1994tobeanelaboratehoax.• AdolfHitlerandBenitoMussolinimeetforthefirsttimeJune14,attheVenice

Biennale.• AdolfHit-lerbecomesFührerofGermany,orheadof

statecombinedwiththatofChancellor,followingthedeathofPresidentPaulvonHindenburgonAug.2.• TheUnitedStatesoccupationofHaitiendsAug.15asthelastMarinesdepart.• TheLongMarchofthePeople’sLib-erationArmyoftheCommunistPartyofChinabeginsOct.16.

U.S. News• The“FlashGordon”comicstripbeginspublishingintheUnitedStatesonJan.7.• FrankCapra’s“ItHappenedOneNight,”starringClarkGableandClaudetteCol-bert,isreleasedFeb.22.ItbecomesasmashhitandthefirstofCapra’sgreatscreenclassics.Itbecomesthefirstfilmtowinall5of themajorAcademyAwards–

BestActor,BestActress,

BestScreenplay,BestDirector,andBestPicture.GableandColbertreceivetheironlyOscarsforthisfilm.• ThenewlyrefurbishedFenwayParkopensApril17inBoston.SeatingcapacitywasincreasedandthemoundknownasDuffy’sCliffalongtheleft-fieldwallhadbeenleveled,ascoreboardinstalledatthebaseofthewallinitsplace.Theentireparkgaineditsdistinctiveshadeofgreenatthistime,althoughtheleft-fieldwalllatertobefamouslynicknamedtheGreenMonsterwouldremaincoveredinadver-tisementsuntil1947.• TheUnitedStatesDepartmentofJus-ticeoffersa$25,000rewardforJohnDill-ingeronMay15.• Ateamofpoliceofficers,ledbyTexasRangerFrankHamer,ambushbankrob-bersBonnieParkerandClydeBarrowneartheirhide-outinBlackLake,Louisi-ana,onMay23killingthemboth.• PresidentRooseveltsignstheSecuritiesExchangeActintolawJune6,establish-ingtheU.S.SecuritiesandExchangeCommission.• TheDisneyanimatedshort“TheWiseLittleHen”featuringthedebutofDonaldDuckisreleasedJune9.• TheworldfamousBrookfieldZooopensJuly1inBrookfield,Illinois.• “PrettyBoy”FloydisshotandkilledbyFBIagentsOct.22nearEastLiverpool,Ohio.

John “Cactus Jack” Garner32nd U.S. Vice President

Served March 4, 1933 – Jan. 20, 1941

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