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Sunday, May 21, 1933

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The Headlines

ITALY AGAIN MOVES FOR 4-POWER PACT; PARIS MAY ASSENT; Mussolini Is Encouraged by Indication Britain Still Backs Scheme Heartily. TIME SEEN AS OPPORTUNE Italian Premier Believes His Proposal Will Aid Arms and Economic Conferences. GOERING CONFERS IN ROME Visit of German Minister Believed to Presage United Italo-German Front on Europe's Problems.

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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

33,983 days ago

(93 years, 38 days)