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Wednesday, March 22, 1933

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The Headlines

CHRISTIAN LEADERS PROTEST ON HITLER; Smith, Davis, Manning Among 35 Voicing 'Profound Dismay' for Attacks on Jews. MORE MEETINGS PLANNED 20,000 Expected at Garden Monday -- Demand for Action by Washington Grows. CHRISTIAN LEADERS PROTEST ON HITLER

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Best-selling Sheet Music

Stormy Weather

Harold Arlen

The must-have

Charlotte Clark Mickey Mouse

On This Day

  • Nazi Germany opens its first concentration camp, Dachau.

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  • Cullen–Harrison Act: President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs an amendment to the Volstead Act, legalizing the manufacture and sale of "3.2 beer" (3.2% alcohol by weight, approximately 4% alcohol by volume) and light wines.

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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

Time Elapsed

34,043 days ago

(93 years, 98 days)