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Monday, March 20, 1933

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The Headlines

QUIT AS RECEIVERS OF S.W. STRAUS & CO.; Calder and Moses Say Seller of $380,000,000 Bonds Has Only $29,000 Liquid Assets. ATTACK NEW COMPANY Find Old Simply Has Moved Downtown -- S.J.T. Straus Defends Concern's Record. QUIT AS RECEIVERS OF S.W.STRAUS & CO.

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Best-selling Sheet Music

Stormy Weather

Harold Arlen

The must-have

Charlotte Clark Mickey Mouse

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

Time Elapsed

34,045 days ago

(93 years, 100 days)