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Thursday, November 4, 1926
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The Headlines
SURPRISE OPENS HALL TRIAL; TWO SAW WILLIE STEVENS WANDERING ON CRIME NIGHT; HE SEEMED BEWILDERED Asked Way to a House Near Murder Scene, They Testify. STATE ATTACKS HIS ALIBI Charlotte Mills Sobs on Stand -- Prisoners Calm, Surrounded by Seven Attorneys. MRS. GIBSON COLLAPSES State's Chief Witness May Be Too, Ill to Testify Today -- Jury Chosen in 75 Minutes. Hall-Mills Trial Opens With Witnesses' Attack on Willie Stevens's Alibi Mrs. Gibson Among Witnesses Expected Today
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
- Joseph Rotblat (1908)
- Walter Cronkite (1916)
- Will Rogers (1879)
- Guido Reni (1575)
- Art Carney (1918)
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
36,373 days ago
(99 years, 238 days)