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Wednesday, October 11, 1933

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The Headlines

BRITISH TERM DEBT A WAR NECESSITY, NOT BUSINESS DEAL; Plead in Washington That Their Resources Were Spent and They Could Not Carry On. ALSO CITE NEW CONDITIONS Annual Payments Now Exceed Exports, It Is Contended -- Currencies Not Mentioned. BRITISH TERM DEBT A WAR NECESSITY

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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)