Saturday, February 25, 1933

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The Headlines

CITY TAX RATE CUT 26 POINTS TO $2.33, LOWEST IN 13 YEARS; Prial Gives Out Figure Based on Reduction in General Fund to $82,245,195. BOROUGH TOTALS FIXED Combined Rates Range From $2.39 on Bronx Property to $2.48 for Queens. REALTY BODIES GRATIFIED Officials and "Aroused Opinion" Praised by Grimm -- Trunk Asks Further Relief on Valuations. CITY TAX RATE CUT 26 POINTS TO $2.33

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Stormy Weather

Harold Arlen

The must-have

Charlotte Clark Mickey Mouse

On This Day

• Launch of the USS Ranger at Newport News, Virginia. It is the first purpose-built aircraft carrier to be commissioned by the US Navy.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841)
• Carlo Goldoni (1707)
• Lesya Ukrainka (1871)
• José de San Martín (1778)
• Enrico Caruso (1873)

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Tech Check

FM Radio, Drive-In Theater & Polyethylene.

Cost of Living (1930)