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Tuesday, March 28, 1933

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The Headlines

LEHMAN BEER BILL CHANGED TO ALLOW DRINKING AT BARS; Governor Approves Amendment Authorizing Control Board to Permit It. SENATE PASSAGE PLEDGED But McGinnies, After Battle, Wins Assembly Majority for the Dunkel Bill. 3.2 WINE CONTROL ASKED Executive Calls on Commission to Present Measure -- Dunkel Bill Changes Benefit Brewers. LEHMAN BEER BILL ALLOWS BAR DRINKS

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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

34,037 days ago

(93 years, 92 days)