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Thursday, August 10, 1933
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The Headlines
MORE STRIKERS GET CALL TO MEDIATION; Wolman Sends for Shirt and Hosiery Trade Spokesmen -- Rules on Coal Row. JOHNSON WARNS STORES Evasion by Staggering Hours or Cutting Operating Time Will Bring Punishment. STRIKING FACTIONS CALLED TO CAPITAL
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Stormy Weather
Harold Arlen
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Charlotte Clark Mickey Mouse
You Share a Birthday With
- Herbert Hoover (1874)
- Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour (1810)
- Jorge Amado (1912)
- Wolfgang Paul (1913)
- Norma Shearer (1902)
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
33,903 days ago
(92 years, 323 days)