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Friday, May 13, 1932
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The Headlines
NEW RELIEF GROUP WITH SMITH AT HEAD NAMED BY WALKER; Merged Bureaus on Jobs and Home Aid Have $5,000,000 to Use Until Aug. 1. UNITY OF EFFORT IS OBJECT Leading Lawyers, Bankers and Welfare Officials to Begin Tasks on June 1. NEW RELIEF GROUP NAMED BY WALKER
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
You Share a Birthday With
- Pope Pius IX (1792)
- Alphonse Daudet (1840)
- Maria Theresa (1717)
- Ronald Ross (1857)
- Georges Braque (1882)
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
34,356 days ago
(94 years, 46 days)