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Thursday, February 2, 1933
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The Headlines
CABINET MADE THE ISSUE; Reich's Support to Be Asked for National Concentration. PRUSSIA ALSO MAY VOTE Diet Expected to Dissolve Saturday -- Short, Intense Campaign Planned. HITLER MODERATE ON AIR Offers Plans for Elimination of Unemployment and for the Salvation of Farmers. HITLER WINS FIGHT FOR NEW ELECTION
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Stormy Weather
Harold Arlen
The must-have
Charlotte Clark Mickey Mouse
You Share a Birthday With
- James Joyce (1882)
- Ayn Rand (1905)
- Valéry Giscard d'Estaing (1926)
- Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord (1754)
- Pope Benedict XIII (1650)
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
34,091 days ago
(93 years, 146 days)