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June 4, 1930
June 4, 1930 does not read like one neat chapter. It has Miss Perkins Defends Compensation Bureau, Rise in Radio Sales Shown, Students Hitch-Hike in Planes sharing the page, which gives the day a messy, useful pulse: News, Money, Education, all happening at once.
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June 4, 1930's archive note points to Defends Workmen's Compensation Bur against charges of unions. 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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June 4, 1930's archive note points to Retail sales of radio equipment for 1930 estimated at $645,000,000 by Dept of Commerce. The fun is in the pressure behind the notice: The money story is not abstract; it touches wages, banks, prices, relief, and the early-Depression question of who absorbs the shock.
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June 4, 1930's archive note points to 3 students from Gainsville, Ga, "hitch-hike" by plane to their homes. The fun is in the pressure behind the notice: The education angle shows institutions trying to look orderly while the world around them is anything but settled.
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