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Monday, May 10, 1926
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The Headlines
BALDWIN STRATEGY IS WINNING STRIKE FOR GOVERNMENT; Aggressive Action Keeps Vital Services Going as Unions Balk at "Trump Cards." THOMAS'S TALK SIGNIFICANT Both Sides Spend a Quiet Sunday, While London Sees Another Food Convoy. FOOD PRICES KEPT DOWN Only Rise Allowed Is for Milk -- Incoming Cargoes Are Unloaded and Distributed. BALDWIN STRATEGY IS WINNING STRIKE
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
- Fred Astaire (1899)
- Heydar Aliyev (1923)
- Gustav Stresemann (1878)
- Karl Barth (1886)
- Augustin-Jean Fresnel (1788)
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
36,552 days ago
(100 years, 52 days)