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Friday, December 22, 1933
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The Headlines
TRUCK STRIKE ON IN PHILADELPHIA; Unions Call Walkout of 27,000, Saying Transit Company Defies NRA. FEDERAL APPEAL FAILS Action Is Outcome of Taxicab Drivers' Fight for Inde- pendent Labor Group. TRUCK STRIKE ON IN PHILADELPHIA
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
- Giacomo Puccini (1858)
- Jean Racine (1639)
- Srinivasa Ramanujan (1887)
- Diocletian (244)
- Filippo Tommaso Marinetti (1876)
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
33,768 days ago
(92 years, 188 days)