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Friday, June 30, 1933

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The Headlines

ASKS 7-POWER STATEMENT; Declaration Would Aim at Mutual Help to Steady Currencies. AND EVENTUAL STABILIZING French Drop Demand for a Pegged Pound as British Are Firm in Refusal. CONFERENCE AT A CRISIS Moley and MacDonald Confer After the Gold Nations Threaten to Quit. Europe Appeals to Roosevelt. SPECULATION PLEA ISSUED BY EUROPE

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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

33,943 days ago

(92 years, 363 days)