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Saturday, September 30, 1933

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The Headlines

ROOSEVELT ACTION FOR DEVALUATION IS HELD IMMINENT; High Official Predicts Monetary Statement Promising Return to Gold Standard. SAYS EVENTS FORCE MOVE Slackening of Industrial Pro- duction and Other Phases of Recovery Cited. 375 BANKS TO REORGANIZE Controller Approves Move to Free $400,000,000 of Deposits in 37 States. DEVALUATION MOVE IS HELD IMMINENT

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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

33,851 days ago

(92 years, 271 days)