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Saturday, May 13, 1933

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The Headlines

PRESIDENT SIGNS FARM BILL, MAKING INFLATION THE LAW; But He Is Silent at the White House Ceremony on Use of Broad Currency Powers. ASKS FORECLOSURE DELAY Mortgage Creditors Are Urged to Grant Time to Make Measure Effective. WALLACE ACTS AT ONCE Wagner Bill, Setting Up $500.000,000 for Unemployment Relief, Is Also Signed by Roosevelt. FARM-INFLATION BILL IS MADE LAW

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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

33,991 days ago

(93 years, 46 days)