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Saturday, April 16, 1927
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The Headlines
GARMENT MEN PICK COLLEGE PROFESSOR AS INDUSTRY'S RULER; Dr. Lindsay Rogers, Columbia Economist, Named to Solve Manufacturers' Problems. STABILIZATION IS THE AIM He Will Supervise a Business Having Annual Output of $300,000,000. FIRST-YEAR SALARY $25,000 Appointee as a Commissioner in 1924, Drew Attention of Cloak and Suit Makers.
Read in The New York Times →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
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
36,210 days ago
(99 years, 75 days)