Sunday, May 9, 1926

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The Headlines

ALARMIST RUMORS OFFICIALLY DENIED; Government Corrects Reports Sent Here About Troops Firing On Mobs.

Best-selling Sheet Music

Black Bottom

Ray Henderson

The must-have

Radio Flyer Wagon

On This Day

• Admiral Richard E. Byrd and Floyd Bennett claim to have flown over the North Pole (later discovery of Byrd's diary appears to cast some doubt on the claim.)

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You Share a Birthday With

• J. M. Barrie (1860)
• Howard Carter (1874)
• José Ortega y Gasset (1883)
• Sophie Scholl (1921)
• John Brown (abolitionist) (1800)

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Tech Check

Liquid Fuel Rocket, Talking Movies (Vitaphone) & Aerosol Spray Can.

Cost of Living (1920)