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Wednesday, January 13, 1926
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The Headlines
M'LAUGHLIN BREAKS WITH ENRIGHT OVER MISSING RECORDS; Demands Return of Two Indices Relating to Gambling and Alleged Police Graft. ENRIGHT ASKS SEIZED CASES But Commissioner Says He Won't Hurry Check-Up -- Names Two of His Official Family. KELLY AND HOYT DEPUTIES Wallis and Day Come Forward With Fund Data -- Four More Accountants in Audit. BREAK WITH ENRIGHT ON MISSING RECORDS
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Black Bottom
Ray Henderson
The must-have
Radio Flyer Wagon
You Share a Birthday With
- AD 101 (101)
- Wilhelm Wien (1864)
- Paul Feyerabend (1924)
- Chaïm Soutine (1893)
- Zhou Youguang (1906)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
applesaucebaloneycheaterscrush
Flapper
bee's kneescat's pajamasgiggle watershebahotsy-totsy
Gangster
big cheesebump offstool pigeongatfall guy
Tech Check
Liquid Fuel Rocket, Talking Movies (Vitaphone) & Aerosol Spray Can.
Cost of Living (1920)
Loaf of Bread
$0.11
Gallon of Gas
$0.30
Average Home
$6,296
New Car
$575
Time Elapsed
36,668 days ago
(100 years, 168 days)