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What life was like in 1934... what things cost, news of the world and more
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July 1, 2016 www.militarypress.com • [email protected] For advertising information, call (858) 537-2280 • [email protected] July 1, 2016
• 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.’
Chevrolet Sedan
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
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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
1934