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Saturday, November 19, 1932
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The Headlines
FOR WIDE BRANCH BANKING; Wants All Commercial Units Brought Under Federal Rule. ADVOCATES MERGER POLICY 4 1/2 Times as Many Failures Outside Reserve System as in it, He Reports. WORST PAST, SALTER SAYS Revision Downward of Debts and Tariffs Is Urged Before Political Science Group. LAMONT APPEALS FOR BANK REFORMS
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Jay Gorney
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I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
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The must-have
Charlotte Clark Mickey Mouse
You Share a Birthday With
- Indira Gandhi (1917)
- James A. Garfield (1831)
- Mikhail Lomonosov (1711)
- Charles I of England (1600)
- José Raúl Capablanca (1888)
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
34,166 days ago
(93 years, 221 days)