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Tuesday, March 1, 1927

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The Headlines

DOHENY OIL LEASES VOIDED FOR FRAUD BY HIGH COURT; HIS LOSS OVER $10,000,000; DECISION ASSAILS FALL Ex-Secretary Is Held Faithless to Interests of the Government. FRAUDULENT WITHOUT LOAN Elk Hills Leases and the Pearl Harbor Tanks Revert Under Ruling to Government. REFUND UP TO CONGRESS Denby Is Held to Have Signed Knowingly -- Effect on the Sinclair Case Seen. Text of Supreme Court Decision Voiding the Fall-Doheny Oil Lease's as Corrupt

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Best-selling Sheet Music

My Blue Heaven

Walter Donaldson

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 1927

  • You ain't heard nothin' yet!

Tech Check

Electronic TV (Philo Farnsworth), Jukebox (Automatic) & Iron Lung.

Cost of Living (1920)

Loaf of Bread

$0.11

Gallon of Gas

$0.30

Average Home

$6,296

New Car

$575

Time Elapsed

36,256 days ago

(99 years, 121 days)