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Monday, April 3, 1933

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The Headlines

6,000 AT HOLY HOUR HEAR WORLD CALLED TO SPIRITUAL IDEALS; Leaders of Catholics, Jews and Protestants Urge Men and Nations to Good-Will. SMITH ON "SEEDS OF WAR" Settle Debt and Economic Problems, "Uproot Bigotry and Oppression," He Pleads. POPE'S WORDS ARE HAILED Roosevelt's Biblical Quotation Is Also a Keynote -- Cardinal Present -- Lyons and Cadman Speak. 6,000 OF 3 FAITHS JOIN IN HOLY HOUR NOTABLES AT THE HOLY HOUR CEREMONY.

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Best-selling Sheet Music

Stormy Weather

Harold Arlen

The must-have

Charlotte Clark Mickey Mouse

On This Day

  • First flight over Mount Everest, the British Houston-Mount Everest Flight Expedition, led by the Marquis of Clydesdale and funded by Lucy, Lady Houston.

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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

34,031 days ago

(93 years, 86 days)