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Sunday, March 26, 1933

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The Headlines

MISS ORCUTT WINS NORTH-SOUTH TITLE; Defeats Miss Wall to Annex Pinehurst Golf Tourney for Third Straight Year. TAKES MATCH BY 5 AND 4 Englewood Star Overwhelms Rival by Great Putting and Keen Short Game. MISS ORCUTT WINS NORTH-SOUTH TITLE

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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

34,039 days ago

(93 years, 94 days)