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Tuesday, December 12, 1933
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The Headlines
REVENUE IS SUBORDINATED; President Would Thwart Sale of Huge Stocks of Illicit Spirits. END OF EVIL CHIEF AIM $2.60 Rate Is Abandoned as the Government Starts War on High Prices. CONGRESS GETS FREE HAND Expert Predicts Import of 20 Million Gallons in First Year for Blending. ROOSEVELT BARS HIGH LIQUOR TAX
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Stormy Weather
Harold Arlen
The must-have
Charlotte Clark Mickey Mouse
You Share a Birthday With
- Gustave Flaubert (1821)
- Frank Sinatra (1915)
- Edvard Munch (1863)
- Alfred Werner (1866)
- Edward G. Robinson (1893)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
damefellaswelllousy
Hardboiled
clip jointgriftershamusgunsel
Swing Era
alligatorjitterbugkiller dillerin the groove
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
33,778 days ago
(92 years, 198 days)