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Sunday, December 10, 1933

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The Headlines

LIQUOR FEES YIELD $1,200,000 TO STATE; Retail Licenses in City Area Only Bring Revenue Flood, With More Due This Week. PRICE PROTESTS GROWING Speakeasies Hang On as Level Stays High -- Big Cargoes From Abroad Near Port. LIQUOR FEES YIELD STATE $1,200,000

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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

33,780 days ago

(92 years, 200 days)