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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

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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)