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Friday, May 27, 1932
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The Headlines
TAMMANY PLEASED BY WALKER SHOWING; Friends Hold He Came Off Better Than Even Against Seabury in His Two Days on Stand. OTHERS LESS IMPRESSED Believe His Thrusts, Under a Judicial Scanning of Record, May Look Like Evasion. TAMMANY PLEASED BY WALKER SHOWING
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Jay Gorney
#1 at the box office
Huddle
$139,600
The must-have
Charlotte Clark Mickey Mouse
You Share a Birthday With
- Ibn Khaldun (1332)
- Henry Kissinger (1923)
- Christopher Lee (1922)
- Rachel Carson (1907)
- Louis-Ferdinand Céline (1894)
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
34,342 days ago
(94 years, 32 days)