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Tuesday, September 21, 1926
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The Headlines
COOLIDGE OPPOSES COMPROMISE PLAN ON WORLD COURT; Mere Accordance of Equal Standing With League Council Members Not Acceptable. DOES NOT MEET OBJECTIONS President Still Believes the Fifth Reservation as It Stands Will Win in the End. WILLIS BACKS HIS VIEWS He Says the Senate Will Maintain Its Position as Interpreted in the Reservations. COOLIDGE OPPOSES COMPROMISE PLAN
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
- H. G. Wells (1866)
- Kwame Nkrumah (1909)
- Abdul Hamid II (1842)
- Heike Kamerlingh Onnes (1853)
- Girolamo Savonarola (1452)
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
36,417 days ago
(99 years, 282 days)