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Friday, July 14, 1933

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The Headlines

POSTMASTER PLAN STIRS PARTY WRATH; Democratic Leaders Get Flood of Protests on Roosevelt's Civil Service Order. McKELLAR AN OBJECTOR He Predicts Defeat in Congress -- President Receives Congratulations on Stand. POSTMASTER PLAN STIRS PARTY WRATH

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Best-selling Sheet Music

Stormy Weather

Harold Arlen

The must-have

Charlotte Clark Mickey Mouse

On This Day

  • In a decree called the Gleichschaltung, Adolf Hitler abolishes all German political parties except the Nazis.

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  • Nazi eugenics programme begins with the proclamation of the Law for the Prevention of Hereditarily Diseased Offspring requiring the compulsory sterilization of any citizen who suffers from alleged genetic disorders.

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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

33,930 days ago

(92 years, 350 days)