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Tuesday, May 16, 1933

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The Headlines

3-POWER FRONT FORMING; Washington Is Ready to Consider Stand With Paris and London. BUT AWAITS HITLER VIEWS Davis Bars Any Extreme Move but Voices Our Concern in Talk With Paul-Boncour. REPLY TO REICH IS CERTAIN Statements Will Be Made at Geneva Thursday -- French Press Debates Sanctions. NAZIS NOW FACING A COMMON FRONT

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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

33,988 days ago

(93 years, 43 days)