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Tuesday, August 30, 1932
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The Headlines
ECUADOR IS FIGHTING RELIGIOUS CIVIL WAR; Friars Direct Battle From the Church Towers in Quito as Liberals Enter. PLANES AND BIG GUNS USED Guayaquil Gets Call for Aid and Crowd Clamors to March Against Priests.
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Jay Gorney
#1 at the box office
Back Street
$101,000
The must-have
Charlotte Clark Mickey Mouse
You Share a Birthday With
- Ernest Rutherford (1871)
- Warren Buffett (1930)
- Mary Shelley (1797)
- Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff (1852)
- Jacques-Louis David (1748)
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
34,247 days ago
(93 years, 302 days)