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Sunday, December 5, 1926
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The Headlines
CITY TO ACCEPT AID OF DAHL ON TRANSIT; WON'T HALT SUBWAY; Will Push Independent Line Pending Solution, Despite B.M.T. Head's Proposal. WALKER SHUNS FARE RISE Mayor Supported by Tammany Leaders, Who Fear Election Losses Would Follow. BUS THEORY IS OPPOSED Stewart Browne Protests Plan to Make Routes Feeders to Existing Transit Lines. CITY TO ACCEPT AID OF DAHL ON TRANSIT
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
- Walt Disney (1901)
- Martin Van Buren (1782)
- Werner Heisenberg (1901)
- Józef Piłsudski (1867)
- Pope Julius II (1443)
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
36,342 days ago
(99 years, 207 days)