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Tuesday, September 5, 1933

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The Headlines

ROOSEVELT FACES NRA TEST ON FORD; Quick 'Show-Down' Expected on President's Return Today as Auto Code Takes Effect. ISSUE IS HELD CLEAR CUT Conflict Over the Soft Coal Compact Also Will Confront Executive at the Capital. ROOSEVELT FACES NRA TEST ON FORD

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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

33,876 days ago

(92 years, 296 days)