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Wednesday, March 23, 1932
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The Headlines
FINDS OLDOWAY MAN IS OLDEST SKELETON; L.S.B. Leakey Reports From East Africa That Discoveries Support German Scientist. FOSSILS GIVE KEY TO AGE Beds Overlying Bones Are Dated to the First Pluvial Period of Pleistocene Era. SAYS OLDOWAY MAN IS OLDEST SKELETON
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Jay Gorney
#1 at the box office
Alias the Doctor
$240,200
The must-have
Charlotte Clark Mickey Mouse
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
34,407 days ago
(94 years, 97 days)