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Saturday, July 8, 1933

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The Headlines

SENDS WORD TO THE TIMES; Flier in Message From Anadyrsk, Chukotka, Gives No Details. MISSING FOR THREE WEEKS Airman Left Khabarovsk, Si- beria, for Nome on World Flight June 14. RESCUE IS EXPECTED SOON Coast Guard Cutter Near -- Americans Seek Sanction to Go to Him by Plane.

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Best-selling Sheet Music

Stormy Weather

Harold Arlen

The must-have

Charlotte Clark Mickey Mouse

On This Day

  • The first rugby union test match between the Wallabies of Australia and the Springboks of South Africa is played at Newlands Stadium in Cape Town.

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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

33,935 days ago

(92 years, 355 days)