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Monday, May 22, 1933
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The Headlines
' WAXEY' GORDON IS SEIZED IN HIDING WITH ARMED AIDES; Beer Gang Chief, Caught in Sleep, Gives Up Meekly in Catskill Lodge. TIP FROM THE UNDERWORLD Three in Isolated Hideaway at White Lake Had Fast Boat and Automobile Ready. PRISONER BROUGHT HERE To Be Arraigned Today on Charges of Evadiing Tax on $1,427,531 In 1930, and $189,159 in 1981. WAXEY' GORDON SEIZED IN HIDING
Read in The New York Times →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
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)