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Friday, March 31, 1933

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The Headlines

BRITAIN SUMMONS ENVOY FROM RUSSIA; BREAK IS PREDICTED; London Government Orders Ambassador Home for Talks on Arrests. OFFENDED BY LITVINOFF But No Immediate Retaliation Is Planned Pending Trial of Engineers. MANY BID OVEY ADIEU Monkhouse, Freed by Soviet Ogpu, Is Among Crowd at Station to See Ambassador Off.

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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

34,034 days ago

(93 years, 89 days)