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Thursday, October 12, 1933

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The Headlines

LAGUARDIA PLEDGES NO PAY CUT IN RANKS; Civil Service Salaries to Stand if Fusion Wins, Nominee Tells Party Workers. TO ASK MORE OF STATE TAX Tammany and McKee Both Are Using Patronage Promises to Win, He Declares. LAGUARDIA PLEDGE ON PAY CUT GIVEN

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Best-selling Sheet Music

Stormy Weather

Harold Arlen

The must-have

Charlotte Clark Mickey Mouse

On This Day

  • The military Alcatraz Citadel becomes the civilian Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary.

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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

33,839 days ago

(92 years, 259 days)