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Friday, August 4, 1933
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The Headlines
37 SHIPS ORDERED IN NAVY PROGRAM, BREAKING RECORDS; Private Yards to Build 21, Government 16, in Plan Roosevelt Approved. 90,000 JOBS INVOLVED All Principal Plants Will Share in Work -- Swanson Directs a Five-Day Week. 37 SHIPS ORDERED IN NAVY PROGRAM
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Stormy Weather
Harold Arlen
The must-have
Charlotte Clark Mickey Mouse
You Share a Birthday With
- Louis Armstrong (1901)
- Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792)
- Knut Hamsun (1859)
- Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother (1900)
- William Rowan Hamilton (1805)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
damefellaswelllousy
Hardboiled
clip jointgriftershamusgunsel
Swing Era
alligatorjitterbugkiller dillerin the groove
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
33,908 days ago
(92 years, 328 days)