GAIETY & SPENDING
NEW YORK CELEBRATES THE OLD CHAMPAGNE WAY NEW YORK, January }, New York celebrated New Year's Eve in the old champagne way of 1929. It is estimated that entertainment costs for the night amounted to 10,000,000 dollars. Night clubs and theatres did the greatest business since the depression. Hundreds of thousands of people crowded the streets and Times Square. The usual haunts of revellers were jammed as never before, and 1700 special permits were granted to night clubs to keep open until dawn. Churches also were crowded for watch-night services. New Year statements issued by public officials, members of Cabinet, and leading business men expressing thanks for a prosperous 1936 and predicting even better times in 1937, appeared to give point to the gaiety and spending.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 1, 2 January 1937, Page 11
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127GAIETY & SPENDING Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 1, 2 January 1937, Page 11
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