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Saturday, April 1, 1933

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The Headlines

MEASURE IN FORCE TODAY; Will Resume Wednesday to 'Annihilate' Jews if Attacks Go On. JUDGES PUT OUT OF COURT. Jewish Lawyers in Prussia Limited in Proportion to the Population. STORES CLOSED IN MUNICH Hitlerite Rifles Block Way to Jewish Shops as the Drive Opens Early There. HITLERITES LIMIT BOYCOTT TO A DAY

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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)