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Thursday, October 7, 1926

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The Headlines

LABOR DENOUNCES DETROIT CHURCHES; REJECTS NEW OFFER; Torrents of Denunciation Also Hit the Y.M.C.A. and Auto Makers in Convention. ACCUSATIONS ARE RESENTED Union Chiefs Charge Employers Are Slackers and Profiteers and Assert Plot to Cut Wages. GREEN IS AGAIN INVITED But He Declines to Speak t Meeting Arranged by the Federal Council of Churches. LABOR DENOUNCES DETROIT CHURCHES

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Best-selling Sheet Music

Black Bottom

Ray Henderson

The must-have

Radio Flyer Wagon

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

applesaucebaloneycheaterscrush

Flapper

bee's kneescat's pajamasgiggle watershebahotsy-totsy

Gangster

big cheesebump offstool pigeongatfall guy

Catchphrases of 1926

  • It girl

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

36,401 days ago

(99 years, 266 days)