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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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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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You Share a Birthday With
- Felix Mendelssohn (1809)
- Alvar Aalto (1898)
- Simone Weil (1909)
- Gertrude Stein (1874)
- Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (1830)
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
34,090 days ago
(93 years, 145 days)