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Saturday, May 20, 1933
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The Headlines
80% WAR DEBT CUT PROPOSED IN ITALY; Finance Minister Declares Reduction Is Inevitable in Payments to Us. REPARATION SLASH CITED Report Asks How Nations That Gave Up 90% of Sum Due to Them Can Pay in Full.
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
- Honoré de Balzac (1799)
- John Stuart Mill (1806)
- Sigrid Undset (1882)
- James Stewart (1908)
- Eduard Buchner (1860)
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
33,984 days ago
(93 years, 39 days)