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Tuesday, January 31, 1922
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The Headlines
MEYER COMMITTEE TO GO ON, REPORTS BIG CITY PIER LOSS; Assembly Votes to Keep Up Inquiry Until New CharterIs Submitted.REFORMS ARE SUGGESTEDCharges $11,000,000 LossThrough Waste, Favoritismand Profiteering. POLICE ALSO ARE CRITICISED Abolition of Dock Commissioner'sOffice Advised--Heavy Profits by Subletting. $11,000,000 Loss to City Charged. Present System Criticised. VOTE TO CONTINUE MEYER COMMITTEE Enormous Profits by Subletting. Police Department Blamed. Reforms Recommended.
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My Buddy
Walter Donaldson
The must-have
Raggedy Andy
You Share a Birthday With
- Franz Schubert (1797)
- Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543)
- Alva Myrdal (1902)
- Irving Langmuir (1881)
- Theodor Heuss (1884)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
applesaucebaloneycheaterscrush
Flapper
bee's kneescat's pajamasgiggle watershebahotsy-totsy
Gangster
big cheesebump offstool pigeongatfall guy
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
38,111 days ago
(104 years, 151 days)