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Saturday, December 10, 1932
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The Headlines
URGES NEW CHARTER STUDY; Governor Seeks Action Now to Prepare Measure for Session Next Year. STRIKES BLOW AT TAMMANY Message Declares Waste and Extravagance Have Brought On City's Financial Crisis. WOULD PROTECT TEACHERS Reopening of Budgets of All Cities as Well as of New York Is Advocated. ROOSEVELT ASKS SWEEPING REFORMS
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Jay Gorney
#1 at the box office
Under-Cover Man
$75,700
The must-have
Charlotte Clark Mickey Mouse
On This Day
Thailand becomes a constitutional monarchy.
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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
34,145 days ago
(93 years, 200 days)