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Tuesday, May 9, 1933
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The Headlines
BRITAIN IS SWINGING IN LINE ON TARIFFS; Drops Hostile Attitude Toward Truce and Runciman Sees No Insurmountable Barrier. HE PROMISES QUICK REPLY But Protectionists Push Fight on Proposal -- MacDonald Gives Report to King. BRITAIN SWINGING IN LINE ON TARIFFS
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Stormy Weather
Harold Arlen
The must-have
Charlotte Clark Mickey Mouse
You Share a Birthday With
- J. M. Barrie (1860)
- Howard Carter (1874)
- José Ortega y Gasset (1883)
- Sophie Scholl (1921)
- Manfred Eigen (1927)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
damefellaswelllousy
Hardboiled
clip jointgriftershamusgunsel
Swing Era
alligatorjitterbugkiller dillerin the groove
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
33,995 days ago
(93 years, 50 days)