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Tuesday, December 26, 1933
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The Headlines
CITY YULETIDE GAY, ALL THE NEEDY FED; LESS INTOXICATION; New Spirit Marks Christmas Celebration With Gloom of Depression Lightened. REPEAL ADDS NOTE OF JOY Theatres and Restaurants Are Crowded -- Bread Line in Times Square Gone. HOSPITALS HOLD FETES LaGuardia Promises a Gift of Better City Government -- Home Party for Roosevelts. YULETIDE GAY HERE AS NEEDY DWINDLE
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Harold Arlen
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Charlotte Clark Mickey Mouse
You Share a Birthday With
- Mao Zedong (1893)
- Charles Babbage (1791)
- Henry Miller (1891)
- Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor (1194)
- Yun Ch'iho (1864)
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
33,764 days ago
(92 years, 184 days)