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Thursday, March 2, 1933

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The Headlines

HITLER INTENSIFIES DRIVE ON THE LEFT; HUNDREDS ARRESTED; Red Leaders Jailed, Socialists' Papers Banned and Homes Searched All Over Prussia. NATION TOLD OF 'REVOLT' Goering Asserts Communists Planned to Trick Nazis Into 'Occupying' Berlin. SITUATION ALARMS LONDON Foreign Secretary Is Asked What Guarantee Britain Has of the Safety of Her Nationals. HITLER INTENSIFIES DRIVE ON THE LEFT

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Best-selling Sheet Music

Stormy Weather

Harold Arlen

The must-have

Charlotte Clark Mickey Mouse

On This Day

  • The film King Kong premieres in Radio City Music Hall and RKO Roxy in New York City

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Slang

Slang of the decade

General

damefellaswelllousy

Hardboiled

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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

Time Elapsed

34,063 days ago

(93 years, 118 days)