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Saturday, April 2, 1927
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The Headlines
WARSHIPS GET NEW ORDERS; Placed Now in All Treaty Ports, They Will Silence Attacks on Them. ACTIVE ROLE FOR MARINES General Butler Is Authorized to Put Them Into Front Line Defenses if Needed. INTERIOR SITUATION WORSE Conditions at Chang-sha and Chung-king Are Critical and Hankow Outbreaks Feared.
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
My Blue Heaven
Walter Donaldson
The must-have
Radio Flyer Wagon
You Share a Birthday With
- Hans Christian Andersen (1805)
- Émile Zola (1840)
- AD 747 (747)
- 181 (181)
- Giacomo Casanova (1725)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
applesaucebaloneycheaterscrush
Flapper
bee's kneescat's pajamasgiggle watershebahotsy-totsy
Gangster
big cheesebump offstool pigeongatfall guy
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
36,224 days ago
(99 years, 89 days)