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Tuesday, June 6, 1933

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The Headlines

INDUSTRY BILL REPORTED; Licensing Is Restored as Senate Gets Measure for Action Tomorrow. HAS HARRISON TAX PLAN Corporate Stock Levy, 5% on Dividends, and Gasoline Rise of 1/2 Cent Adopted. HOUSE SPIRIT UNYIELDING Veterans' Rise Held Sure to Pass -- President Advised to Appear at a Joint Session. HALT REBELLION IN THE SENATE

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Best-selling Sheet Music

Stormy Weather

Harold Arlen

The must-have

Charlotte Clark Mickey Mouse

On This Day

  • The first drive-in theater opens in Camden, New Jersey.

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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

33,968 days ago

(93 years, 23 days)