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On the date
Thursday, August 11, 1932
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The Headlines
GREEN ADVISES FIGHT ON RAIL WAGE CUT; Labor Chief Asserts That the Federation Stands Against Any Reduction of Pay. HOLDS REPEAL IS DISTANT But Beer Will Soon Return, He Tells Hotel Workers at Boston Convention. LABOR WILL FIGHT RAILWAY WAGE CUT
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Jay Gorney
#1 at the box office
Guilty as Hell
$200,600
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
34,266 days ago
(93 years, 321 days)