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Monday, January 9, 1933
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The Headlines
O'BRIEN COMMITTEE PROPOSES NEW FEES TO RAISE $2,000,000; Police and Fire Department Levies Urged in Report -- Bridge Tolls Weighed. RIGID ECONOMY STRESSED Schroeder's Pay Assailed as Far Too High -- Limousines for Officials Scored. BUREAU MERGERS SOUGHT Plan Follows Lines of Mayor's Induction Speech -- Retirement of Older Employes Asked. NEW FEES URGED IN O'BRIEN REPORT
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Stormy Weather
Harold Arlen
The must-have
Charlotte Clark Mickey Mouse
You Share a Birthday With
- Richard Nixon (1913)
- Simone de Beauvoir (1908)
- AD 727 (727)
- Karel Čapek (1890)
- Pope Gregory XV (1554)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
damefellaswelllousy
Hardboiled
clip jointgriftershamusgunsel
Swing Era
alligatorjitterbugkiller dillerin the groove
Tech Check
FM Radio, Drive-In Theater & Polyethylene.
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
34,115 days ago
(93 years, 170 days)