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Sunday, September 4, 1932
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The Headlines
LADYSMAN ANNEXES THE HOPEFUL STAKES; Coe Racer, 1-2, Shows Way to Sun Archer in Closing-Day Feature at Saratoga. VICTORY IS WORTH $41,400 Scores by Two Lengths Before 15,000 and Takes Juvenile Lead in Total Earnings. WAR HERO, 13-20, TRIUMPHS Riddle Entry Defeats Blenheim and Dark Secret, With Mate Fourth, in the Saratoga Cup. LADYSMAN SCORES IN HOPEFUL STAKES
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Jay Gorney
#1 at the box office
Down to Earth
$170,300
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
34,242 days ago
(93 years, 297 days)