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Friday, February 3, 1933

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The Headlines

$966,838,634 FUND FOR WAR VETERANS APPROVED IN HOUSE; Virtually No Debate and No Move to Reduce Appropria- tion for Next Fiscal Year. SLATED TO PASS TODAY All Other Items in the $1,003,- 192,195-Independent Office Bill Get Economy Test. ATTACK IS MADE ON F.T.C. But Attempt to Bar Appropriation Fails -- Schafer Assails the Democrats on Economy. VETERANS' FUNDS ARE LEFT INTACT

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Best-selling Sheet Music

Stormy Weather

Harold Arlen

The must-have

Charlotte Clark Mickey Mouse

On This Day

  • Adolf Hitler announces that the expansion of Lebensraum into Eastern Europe, and its ruthless Germanisation, are the ultimate geopolitical objectives of Nazi foreign policy.

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Slang

Slang of the decade

General

damefellaswelllousy

Hardboiled

clip jointgriftershamusgunsel

Swing Era

alligatorjitterbugkiller dillerin the groove

Catchphrases of 1933

  • The only thing we have to fear is fear itself

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 DepressionGDP fell 30%; triggered by Black Tuesday (1929-10-29).

Time Elapsed

34,090 days ago

(93 years, 145 days)