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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Ladies of Leisure

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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

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Sarah and Son

April 8, 1930 Trivia

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April 8, 1930

April 8, 1930 does not read like one neat chapter. It has Digs Up Gold in Poland, Texas Leads in Jewish Campaign, Passes Lake Champlain Bridge Bill sharing the page, which gives the day a messy, useful pulse: News, all happening a...

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April 8, 1930's archive note points to Box containing 268 lbs, buried during War by Russians, dug up by peasant. The fun is in the pressure behind the notice: The item is small on its own, but it gives the date texture: a real notice, a real institution, and a real public record.
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April 8, 1930's archive note points to Texas leads States in organizing drive. The fun is in the pressure behind the notice: The item is small on its own, but it gives the date texture: a real notice, a real institution, and a real public record.
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April 8, 1930's archive note points to U S Sen passes bill for bridge across Lake Champlain. The fun is in the pressure behind the notice: The item is small on its own, but it gives the date texture: a real notice, a real institution, and a real public record.
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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 April 1930

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

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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

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Birds Eye Retail Frozen Foods

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Pluto Discovery

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Motorola Car Radio

The Sounds of

Popular recordings and roots/country selections associated with the year

HEADLINES ON April 8, 1930

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Headline: Digs Up Gold in Poland. Impact: News snapshot: The item is small on its own, but it gives the date texture: a real notice, a real institution, and a real public record.. Fact: A small archive item can still reveal what people and institutions thought was worth printing..
Headline: Texas Leads in Jewish Campaign. Impact: News snapshot: The item is small on its own, but it gives the date texture: a real notice, a real institution, and a real public record.. Fact: A small archive item can still reveal what people and institutions thought was worth printing..
Headline: Passes Lake Champlain Bridge Bill. Impact: News snapshot: The item is small on its own, but it gives the date texture: a real notice, a real institution, and a real public record.. Fact: A small archive item can still reveal what people and institutions thought was worth printing..
Headline: Plot Suspects Released. Impact: News snapshot: The item is small on its own, but it gives the date texture: a real notice, a real institution, and a real public record.. Fact: A small archive item can still reveal what people and institutions thought was worth printing..
Headline: France Might Join Later. Impact: Infrastructure snapshot: The fight is over movement: who gets through, who pays, and whether the modern city can keep from tying itself in knots.. Fact: Modern life was becoming a logistics puzzle: streets, tunnels, ships, trains, and money all competing at once..
Headline: Urges France Send Tariff Ultimatum. Impact: Money snapshot: The money story is not abstract; it touches wages, banks, prices, relief, and the early-Depression question of who absorbs the shock.. Fact: The early Depression made ordinary business news feel like a warning light on the dashboard..
Headline: Asks 'Disarmament' Parley for Federal Dry Officers. Impact: Prohibition snapshot: Prohibition was not background noise; it turned nightlife, courts, police, and politics into one long argument.. Fact: Prohibition pressure was spilling into courts, clubs, policing, and organized politics..
Headline: 35 Indictments Voted Over Jamaica Ginger. Impact: News snapshot: The item is small on its own, but it gives the date texture: a real notice, a real institution, and a real public record.. Fact: A small archive item can still reveal what people and institutions thought was worth printing..
Headline: Favorable Report on Parker Is Likely Monday. Impact: News snapshot: The item is small on its own, but it gives the date texture: a real notice, a real institution, and a real public record.. Fact: A small archive item can still reveal what people and institutions thought was worth printing..
Headline: Palestine Plans System of Cantons. Impact: News snapshot: The item is small on its own, but it gives the date texture: a real notice, a real institution, and a real public record.. Fact: A small archive item can still reveal what people and institutions thought was worth printing..