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Friday, November 18, 1932
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The Headlines
ROOSEVELT REVEALS PLANS FOR HIS TRIP; Will Probably End Visit at Capital on Tuesday, Going South That Night. NO PREPARATORY STUDIES But He Confers With Advisers and Tells Newspaper Men of 'Direct Talk' With Hoover. ROOSEVELT REVEALS PLANS FOR HIS TRIP
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Jay Gorney
#1 at the box office
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
$188,700
The must-have
Charlotte Clark Mickey Mouse
You Share a Birthday With
- Louis Daguerre (1787)
- Carl Maria von Weber (1786)
- Patrick Blackett (1897)
- Alan Shepard (1923)
- Pierre Bayle (1647)
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
34,167 days ago
(93 years, 222 days)