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Tuesday, August 15, 1933

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The Headlines

UNTERMYER LEADS ALBANY TAX FIGHT; SCORES CITY WASTE; Demands O'Brien 'Clean House' and Then Fight for a 'Fair Share' of State Levies. CALLS FOR RELIEF INQUIRY Agrees to See Lehman After Mayor and McCooey Back His Entire Program. REPUBLICANS ARE BITTER Continued Delay in Presenting an Acceptable Program Fans Hostility in Assembly. UNTERMYER LEADS ALBANY TAX FIGHT

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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

33,897 days ago

(92 years, 317 days)