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Saturday, June 12, 1926
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The Headlines
BITTER BRAZIL NOTE SAYS COUNCIL MAIMS TRUE AIM OF LEAGUE; Declares Great Powers Will Destroy Institution Created for Reign of Justice. DEFENDS RIGHT TO SEAT Without American Ideals War Will Not Give Way to Arbitration, Document Asserts. DOOR LEFT OPEN TO REMAIN But Rio Indicates Permanent Place in Council Is Only Thing That Will Keep Her.
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
- George H. W. Bush (1924)
- Anthony Eden (1897)
- Egon Schiele (1890)
- Johanna Spyri (1827)
- Otto Skorzeny (1908)
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
36,519 days ago
(100 years, 19 days)