1931 saw the doubling of unemployment to 16.3% , and everybody realised that the stock market crash of 1929 was having far reaching effects . The US government started making some progress on the mob and a notable success was the conviction of Al Capone on tax fraud charges which got him an 11 year prison sentence in Alcatraz. Many car manufacturers also went out of business as people did not have money to buy new cars. One of the few successes was the completion of the Empire State building , and in Las Vegas the small local community made the decision to legalise gambling . Nature even conspired to make things worse by causing a serious drought in the Midwest which in turn made food more expensive and turned some area's into dust bowls.
How Much things cost in 1931
Average Cost of new house $6,790.00
Average wages per year $1,850.00
Cost of a gallon of Gas 10 cents
Average Cost for house rent $18.00 per month
A loaf of Bread 8 cents
A LB of Hamburger Meat 11 cents
Alarm Clock $3.50
New Car Average Price $640.00
Below are some Prices for UK guides in Pounds Stirling
Average House Price 600
Average Cost of new house $6,790.00
Average wages per year $1,850.00
Cost of a gallon of Gas 10 cents
Average Cost for house rent $18.00 per month
A loaf of Bread 8 cents
A LB of Hamburger Meat 11 cents
Alarm Clock $3.50
New Car Average Price $640.00
Below are some Prices for UK guides in Pounds Stirling
Average House Price 600
Technology
- More Television is broadcast and CNN places a transmitter at the top of The Empire State Building
Inventions Invented by Inventors and Country ( or attributed to First Use )
Electric Razor USA by Jacob Schick
Nylon USA by Wallace Corothers - artificial silk
Aerosol Can Norway by Erik Rotheim
What Events Happened in 1931
- Empire State Building is completed, and becomes the tallest building in the world , it is a 102-story contemporary Art Deco style building in New York City
- Hawke's Bay earthquake, also known as the Napier earthquake destroys much of Napier in New Zealand and measures 7.8 on the Richter scale.
- 1931 Yellow River flood (Huang He flood) is generally thought to be the deadliest natural disaster of historic times, and almost certainly of the twentieth century and kills between 900,000-2,000,000 people in China
- US Unemployment reaches 8 million
- The State of Nevada Senate voted to legalize all forms of gambling
- Japan invades Manchuria
- U.S. National Anthem becomes The Star Spangled Banner
- George Washington Bridge opens connecting New York and New Jersey
- Population US 122 million
- Chicago Tunnel Explosion and Fire
- Ford ends production of the Ford Model A and prepares for the new Ford V8
- Work starts on the Boulder Dam
- First Childrens Serial Little Orphan Annie is transmitted on Radio
- King Alfonso XIII of Spain is forced to live in Exile in Rome following Spain Becoming a Republic
- Population Great Britain 46 million
- Number of Cars Produced World Wide 36 Million
- Following the Wall Street Crash 2500 banks in the US fail
- Australia Gains Independence From Great Britain
Popular Culture
- FILM Frankenstein
- FILM Mata Hari
- FILM City Lights starring Charles Chaplin
- MUSIC " Just One More Chance " Bing Crosby
