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Wednesday, January 31, 1923
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The Headlines
SMITH REMOVES LAW; HOLDS MISFEASANCE CHARGE IS PROVED; Governor Finds Head of Tax Commission Was Also Guilty of Neglect of Duty. CITES MILLER ORDERS Rules Commissioner Failed to Reorganize Department or Keep Within Appropriation Allowed. REMOVAL WAS EXPECTED John F. Gilchrist, Now a Member of the Board, Likely to Be Made President. SMITH REMOVES LAW FROM TAX BUREAU
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Yes! We Have No Bananas
Frank Silver & Irving Cohn
The must-have
Radio Flyer Wagon
You Share a Birthday With
- Franz Schubert (1797)
- Norman Mailer (1923)
- Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543)
- Alva Myrdal (1902)
- Irving Langmuir (1881)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
applesaucebaloneycheaterscrush
Flapper
bee's kneescat's pajamasgiggle watershebahotsy-totsy
Gangster
big cheesebump offstool pigeongatfall guy
Tech Check
Bulldozer, 16mm Film & Hearing Aid (Vacuum Tube).
Cost of Living (1920)
Loaf of Bread
$0.11
Gallon of Gas
$0.30
Average Home
$6,296
New Car
$575
Time Elapsed
37,747 days ago
(103 years, 152 days)