Min Wage Hourly$0.25

Median Home Price$5,500.00

Gas Price Avg$0.20

Bread Price Avg$0.08

Movie Ticket Avg$0.25

First Class Stamp$0.02

Milk Price Avg$0.50

Top Movies From 1930

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Whoopee!

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Check and Double Check

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All Quiet on the Western Front

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Hell's Angels

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The Big House

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Common Clay

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Min and Bill

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Song o' My Heart

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Son of the Gods

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The Dawn Patrol

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City Girl

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Street of Chance

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The Green Goddess

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Anna Christie

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A Lady to Love

March 1, 1930 Trivia

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March 1, 1930

March 1, 1930 does not read like one neat chapter. It has Weiss Jury Discharged, Affecting Trust Funds, Prince Troubetzkoy Wed sharing the page, which gives the day a messy, useful pulse: Crime & Courts, Relief, Politics, all happ...

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March 1, 1930's archive note points to Jury fails to reach verdict in case against W Weiss and O D Budd Jr, charged with making false bankruptcy accounting. The fun is in the pressure behind the notice: The justice system is the show here: testimony, strategy, punishment, and public appetite all crowding the same headline.
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March 1, 1930's archive note points to Lr by H K Thayer scoring as dangerous pending change in restrictions on investment so as to legalize for investment certain collateral trust mortgage certificates issued against a pool of first mortgages on real estate. The fun is in the pressure behind the notice: Relief work was becoming a visible civic emergency rather than private background charity.
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March 1, 1930's archive note points to Marries Princess A Obolensky. The fun is in the pressure behind the notice: Power was being negotiated in public, through officials, pressure groups, and policy fights.
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On screens that day

Movie Whoopee!

Movie Check and Double Check

Movie All Quiet on the Western Front

Movie Hell's Angels

Inventions & Breakthroughs of March 1930

Gadgets, lab surprises, odd bets, and future-shocks from this slice of the calendar.

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Birds Eye Retail Frozen Foods

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Pluto Discovery

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Motorola Car Radio

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Twinkie Snack Cake

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Neoprene Synthetic Rubber

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Schick Electric Shaver Patent

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Differential Analyzer

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Turbojet Engine Patent

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BBC Mechanical Television Broadcasts

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Scotch Cellulose Tape

The Sounds of

Popular recordings and roots/country selections associated with the year

HEADLINES ON March 1, 1930

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Headline: Weiss Jury Discharged. Impact: Crime & Courts snapshot: The justice system is the show here: testimony, strategy, punishment, and public appetite all crowding the same headline.. Fact: The drama was not just the act itself; it was how blame, evidence, and punishment were being argued in public..
Headline: Affecting Trust Funds. Impact: Relief snapshot: Relief work was becoming a visible civic emergency rather than private background charity.. Fact: Relief work was becoming a visible civic emergency rather than private background charity..
Headline: Prince Troubetzkoy Wed. Impact: Politics snapshot: Power was being negotiated in public, through officials, pressure groups, and policy fights.. Fact: Power was being negotiated in public, through officials, pressure groups, and policy fights..
Headline: Saltzman Elected Radio Board Head. Impact: Crime & Courts snapshot: The justice system is the show here: testimony, strategy, punishment, and public appetite all crowding the same headline.. Fact: The drama was not just the act itself; it was how blame, evidence, and punishment were being argued in public..
Headline: Theatre Hold-Up Fails. Impact: Culture snapshot: Culture was doing what culture does in a hard year: selling glamour, distraction, status, and argument.. Fact: Culture was doing what culture does in a hard year: selling glamour, distraction, status, and argument..
Headline: New Marine Radio Station Opens. Impact: Culture snapshot: Culture was doing what culture does in a hard year: selling glamour, distraction, status, and argument.. Fact: Culture was doing what culture does in a hard year: selling glamour, distraction, status, and argument..
Headline: Says Pair Killed Husband. Impact: Crime & Courts snapshot: The justice system is the show here: testimony, strategy, punishment, and public appetite all crowding the same headline.. Fact: The drama was not just the act itself; it was how blame, evidence, and punishment were being argued in public..
Headline: Nathan and Mencken Part. Impact: Culture snapshot: Culture was doing what culture does in a hard year: selling glamour, distraction, status, and argument.. Fact: Culture was doing what culture does in a hard year: selling glamour, distraction, status, and argument..
Headline: Music in Hospitals. Impact: Culture snapshot: Culture was doing what culture does in a hard year: selling glamour, distraction, status, and argument.. Fact: Culture was doing what culture does in a hard year: selling glamour, distraction, status, and argument..