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Tuesday, December 5, 1933

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The Headlines

ALDERMEN REDUCE CITY'S 1934 BUDGET BY ONLY $3,604,264; Tammany Men Ignore Pleas for Economy and Adopt Total of $551,004,248. $20,934,248 FUNDS NEEDED McAneny Committee Offers Program of New Revenue to Meet This Deficit. $40,547,000 SAVING ASKED Baldwin's Minority Report Urging Job and Pay Cuts Is Rejetced. ALDERMEN REDUCE BUDGET $3,674,264

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Best-selling Sheet Music

Stormy Weather

Harold Arlen

The must-have

Charlotte Clark Mickey Mouse

On This Day

  • The Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, repealing Prohibition in the United States.

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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

33,785 days ago

(92 years, 205 days)