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Thursday, May 12, 1932
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The Headlines
HOFSTADTER BARS STORY OF HOW DAHL WON CITY'S FAVOR; Blocks Seabury in Fight to Use Big Bonuses Paid to B.M.T. Head as Evidence. HASTINGS ACTIVE IN QUEENS Helped Fageol in Move to Sell Buses to Group Favored by Walker, Records Show. SHERWOOD ALSO IS NAMED Banker, Interested in Franchise, Admits Giving Mayor's Aide $10,000-a-Year Job. Link Equitable Group to Queens Bidders
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Jay Gorney
#1 at the box office
Letty Lynton
$140,300
The must-have
Charlotte Clark Mickey Mouse
On This Day
Ten weeks after his abduction, Charles Jr., the infant son of Charles Lindbergh, is found dead near Hopewell, New Jersey, just a few miles from the Lindberghs' home.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Florence Nightingale (1820)
- Katharine Hepburn (1907)
- Jiddu Krishnamurti (1895)
- Dorothy Hodgkin (1910)
- Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828)
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
34,357 days ago
(94 years, 47 days)