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Wednesday, September 13, 1933

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The Headlines

REPEALISTS CARRY 3 MORE STATES; SWEEP MARYLAND; Baltimore Is 10 to 1 Against Dry Rule -- All but One County in Landslide. MINNESOTA RUNS 2-1 WET Colorado Gives Larger Margin -- 29 States Now in Line to End Prohibition.

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Best-selling Sheet Music

Stormy Weather

Harold Arlen

The must-have

Charlotte Clark Mickey Mouse

On This Day

  • Elizabeth McCombs becomes the first woman elected to the New Zealand Parliament.

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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

33,868 days ago

(92 years, 288 days)