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Sunday, January 1, 1922

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The Headlines

FRANCE TO RAISE NEW SUBMARINE ISSUE; HUGHES GIVES YAP CABLE AGREEMENT, PROPOSES 6-POWER TREATY TO BIND IT; NEW QUESTION FROM PARIS What Is a Merchant Ship? May Renew the Clash With British. RAISES KNOTTY PROBLEM Any Proposal to Forbid Arming of Merchantmen Would Involve America, Too. MIGHT HAMPER ROOT RULEBritain, It Is Said, Will NeverGive Up Right to Arm Commerce Vessels in War. Problem Has Been Up Before. Potential Value of Liners in War. Problem Difficult to Solve. Americans Have Plans for Merchantmen.

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Best-selling Sheet Music

My Buddy

Walter Donaldson

The must-have

Raggedy Andy

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

applesaucebaloneycheaterscrush

Flapper

bee's kneescat's pajamasgiggle watershebahotsy-totsy

Gangster

big cheesebump offstool pigeongatfall guy

Catchphrases of 1922

  • Tutmania

Tech Check

Technicolor Films, Water Skiing & Audiometer.

Cost of Living (1920)

Loaf of Bread

$0.11

Gallon of Gas

$0.30

Average Home

$6,296

New Car

$575

Time Elapsed

38,142 days ago

(104 years, 182 days)