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Tuesday, April 4, 1922
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The Headlines
FIVE ARE INDICTED FOR TAKING GRAFT FROM IMMIGRANTS; Four Ellis Island Inspectors Are Alleged to Have Let In Aliens for Fees. DEVIOUS SCHEMES ARE USED Grand Jury Charges That Records Were Altered to Defraud the Government. MORE INDICTMENTS COMING Profits From a Single Liner WithBig Steerage List Are Placedat $1,500.
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
My Buddy
Walter Donaldson
The must-have
Raggedy Andy
You Share a Birthday With
- Caracalla (188)
- Marguerite Duras (1914)
- Isoroku Yamamoto (1884)
- Muddy Waters (1913)
- Comte de Lautréamont (1846)
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
38,049 days ago
(104 years, 89 days)