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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
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
- Carl David Anderson (1905)
- Urho Kekkonen (1900)
- Ferdinand Porsche (1875)
- Fritz Pregl (1869)
- Macfarlane Burnet (1899)
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
34,244 days ago
(93 years, 299 days)