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Monday, November 21, 1932
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The Headlines
CURRY AND M'COOEY PLAN SAVINGS TODAY TO ASSURE BANKS' AID; Leaders Will Confer on Budget Cuts as Aldermen Hold First Public Hearing. REDUCTIONS HELD CERTAIN But Nature and Scope, on Which Hinge Funds for December, Are Still in Doubt. BERRY BACK, BUT IS SILENT Grimm to Urge Board to Readjust Whole Pay Structure to Remove Question of City's Security. CURRY AND M'COOEY PLAN SAVINGS TODAY
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Jay Gorney
#1 at the box office
Prosperity
$166,900
The must-have
Charlotte Clark Mickey Mouse
You Share a Birthday With
- Voltaire (1694)
- Pope Benedict XV (1854)
- Isaac Bashevis Singer (1903)
- René Magritte (1898)
- Friedrich Schleiermacher (1768)
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
34,164 days ago
(93 years, 219 days)