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Friday, August 18, 1933

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The Headlines

EMPLOYMENT BACK TO OCT. 1931 LEVEL; Miss Perkins Shows Return of 1,100,000 Workers in Four Months. $29,000,000 IN WAGE RISES In July Alone 400,000 Factory Employes Went Back to Work -- Food Prices Increased.

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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

33,894 days ago

(92 years, 314 days)