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Thursday, August 17, 1933
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The Headlines
Marconi Sees New Era in Radio With Use of Ultra Short Waves; His Recent Experiments Raise Hope of Eliminating Interference and Static and Opening Up Vast Channels -- Inventor Studies Why Impulses Follow the Earth's Curvature. NEW ERA IN RADIO SEEN BY MARCONI
Read in The New York Times →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
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
33,895 days ago
(92 years, 315 days)