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Saturday, September 3, 1932

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The Headlines

RAIL LABOR 'AMAZED' AT IDEA OF NEW CUT; HARD FIGHT PLANNED; Twenty-one Unions Will Use Every Resource Against a Slash of 20 Per Cent. SOME SEEK A RISE INSTEAD Charge Roads Laid Off 100,000 Since February Agreement, Contrary to Promise. JOBLESS PUT AT 700,000 Leaders at Cleveland Criticize the Government as Failing to Protect the Worker. RAIL LABOR PLANS FIGHT ON PAY CUT

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Best-selling Sheet Music

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

Jay Gorney

The must-have

Charlotte Clark Mickey Mouse

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

damefellaswelllousy

Hardboiled

clip jointgriftershamusgunsel

Swing Era

alligatorjitterbugkiller dillerin the groove

Catchphrases of 1932

  • Happy Days Are Here Again

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 DepressionGDP fell 30%; triggered by Black Tuesday (1929-10-29).

Time Elapsed

34,244 days ago

(93 years, 299 days)