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Wednesday, May 17, 1933
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The Headlines
NEW ERA SEEN BY BRITISH; Premier Says America Has Cut Moorings to Save Peace. MESSAGE GUIDES HITLER He Has It Before Him as He Pens Today's Speech After Talk With Hindenburg. FRANCE IS DISAPPOINTED Expected Stronger Measures as Consequence of Herriot's Mission to Washington. BRITISH FIND HOPE IN ROOSEVELT PLAN
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Stormy Weather
Harold Arlen
The must-have
Charlotte Clark Mickey Mouse
On This Day
Vidkun Quisling and Johan Bernhard Hjort form Nasjonal Samling — the national-socialist party of Norway.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Edward Jenner (1749)
- Henri Barbusse (1873)
- Erik Satie (1866)
- Alfonso XIII (1886)
- Odd Hassel (1897)
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
33,987 days ago
(93 years, 42 days)