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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

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Best-selling Sheet Music

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

Jay Gorney

The must-have

Charlotte Clark Mickey Mouse

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

damefellaswelllousy

Hardboiled

clip jointgriftershamusgunsel

Swing Era

alligatorjitterbugkiller dillerin the groove

Catchphrases of 1932

  • Happy Days Are Here Again

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 DepressionGDP fell 30%; triggered by Black Tuesday (1929-10-29).

Time Elapsed

34,407 days ago

(94 years, 97 days)