1933 was the worst year of the depression with unemployment peaking at 25.2% with ( 1 in 4 people unemployed ) in 1933 . Adolf Hitler became the chancellor of Germany and opened the first concentration camp at Dachau. 10's of thousands travelled the road and rail in America looking for work , and the US banking system which was under great strain was propped up by the US government ( US banking act of 1933 )to try and stop the panic of people withdrawing their money from the banks. the continuing drought in the midwest made even more of the land into dust bowls
How Much things cost in 1933
Average Cost of new house $5,750.00
Average wages per year $1,550.00
Cost of a gallon of Gas 10 cents
Average Cost for house rent $18.00 per month
A loaf of Bread 7 cents
A LB of Hamburger Meat 11 cents
Plymouth 6 Car $445.00
Campbells Vegetable Soup 10 cents
Average Laborers Wage $20.00 per week
Below are some Prices for UK guides in Pounds Stirling
Average House Price 530
Average Cost of new house $5,750.00
Average wages per year $1,550.00
Cost of a gallon of Gas 10 cents
Average Cost for house rent $18.00 per month
A loaf of Bread 7 cents
A LB of Hamburger Meat 11 cents
Plymouth 6 Car $445.00
Campbells Vegetable Soup 10 cents
Average Laborers Wage $20.00 per week
Below are some Prices for UK guides in Pounds Stirling
Average House Price 530
What Events Happened in 1933
- Adolf Hitler appointed Chancellor of Germany
- Adolf Hitler bans all other political parties turning Germany into a One Party State
- The Reichstag passes the Enabling Act, making Adolf Hitler dictator of Germany. and the Gestapo is established
- Ferdinand Porsche begins work on The People's Car ( Volkswagen Beetle )
- The machine gun is demonstrated by Japanese Scientist firing 1,000 shot per minute
- Repeal of prohibition in United States allowing 3.2% beer and wine sales
- Strong winds strip the topsoil from the drought affected farms in midwest creating Dust Bowls
- Work Starts on The Golden Gate Bridge
- The inoculation in the fight against diphtheria begins in the Western World
- President Franklin D. Roosevelt announces the creation of 4 million public works jobs
- Congress agrees to the Home Owners Refinancing Act as part of the larger NEW DEAL
- Wiley Post becomes the first man to fly solo around the world
- The Emergency Banking Act is passed to save the run on small banks causing them to go into bankruptcy
- Alcatraz becomes a federal penitentiary.
- The dirigible airship "The Akron" crashes in New Jersey
- British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain returns from Germany and announced to the world "Peace In Our Time"
- President Roosevelt gives his first " fireside chat " on March 12th in a radio broadcast
- Typhus Epidemic strikes thousands in Moscow
- Civil War In Cuba forcing American businesses to close up shop.
- Yellow River breaches it's banks in China creating mass starvation in 33 due to crop failure.
- Tornados strike Kentucky and Tennessee leaving 61 dead
- Unemployment in Britain reaches 2.7 million nearly 25% of the workforce
- The Loch Ness Monster is sighted for the first time in modern times
Technology
Inventions Invented by Inventors and Country ( or attributed to First Use )
Electron Microscope Germany by Ernst Ruska
Drive in Movie Theater USA by Richard Hollingshead
Popular Culture
- The original 1933 King Kong Movie is shown
- The First ever drive in Theatre is established in New Jersey
- The Chocolate chip cookie is invented
- The Board Game Monopoly is invented
