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Friday, February 12, 1932
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The Headlines
POPE AND MUSSOLINI SHOW WARM FEELING IN VATICAN MEETING; They Talk Cordially in Audience of More Than an Hour in First Official Conversation. POMP MARKS RECEPTION Premier Is Honored as Chief of Italian State -- Crowds Hail Him En Route. ITALY OBSERVES HOLIDAY People Celebrate Third Anniversary of Lateran Treaty -- Pontiff Will Broadcast Today. POPE AND MUSSOLINI CORDIAL AT VATICAN
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Jay Gorney
#1 at the box office
Wayward
$130,000
The must-have
Charlotte Clark Mickey Mouse
You Share a Birthday With
- Abraham Lincoln (1809)
- Charles Darwin (1809)
- Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor (1768)
- Anna Pavlova (1881)
- Julian Schwinger (1918)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
damefellaswelllousy
Hardboiled
clip jointgriftershamusgunsel
Swing Era
alligatorjitterbugkiller dillerin the groove
Tech Check
Parking Meter, Zoom Lens & Folding Wheelchair.
Cost of Living (1930)
Loaf of Bread
$0.09
Gallon of Gas
$0.20
Average Home
$3,900
New Car
$640
Meanwhile
- The Great Depression — GDP fell 30%; triggered by Black Tuesday (1929-10-29).
Time Elapsed
34,447 days ago
(94 years, 137 days)