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Saturday, November 12, 1932
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The Headlines
CUBA RUSHES RELIEF TO STORM SURVIVORS; COMBATS EPIDEMIC; First 1,000 Refugees Reach Camaguey From Town Ravaged by the Sea. TELL OF NARROW ESCAPES Fisherman's Warning Saved Many -- One Helped by Dog, Another by Door. BODIES OF 250 DEAD BURNED Debris at Santa Cruz Is Searched for 750 More -- Official Advises Against Rebuilding. Cuban Disaster Refugees Fill Hospitals
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Jay Gorney
#1 at the box office
Red Dust
$257,000
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
34,173 days ago
(93 years, 228 days)