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Wednesday, December 27, 1933
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The Headlines
LAGUARDIA TO KEEP DELANEY TO DIRECT SUBWAY PROJECTS; Asks O'Brien to Appoint Him or Not to Act on Chairman of Transportation Board. NO COMMENT AT CITY HALL Miss Pearl Bernstein Slated for Secretaryship of the Estimate Board. LAGUARDIA TO KEEP DELANEY AS AIDE
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
- Louis Pasteur (1822)
- Marlene Dietrich (1901)
- Johannes Kepler (1571)
- Ghalib (1797)
- Bohdan Khmelnytsky (1595)
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)