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Tuesday, October 10, 1933

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The Headlines

PARTY DEFECTION GROWS; McCooey's Nominee for Sheriff Asks Place on McKee Ticket. AIDES THREATEN REVOLT Theofel Faces Similar Boll as Candidate for Borough Head Makes Overtures. C.N. BLISS JOINS MOVE 100 Tammany Election Captains to Work for Slate -- Drive Opens Tomorrow. DEMOCRATIC BOLT TO M'KEE WIDENS

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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

33,841 days ago

(92 years, 261 days)