Monday, May 9, 1927

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The Headlines

CHANGE IN COURSE AN AID TO FLIERS; Washington Says That if They Are Above 55 Degrees Conditions Are Good. TWO STORMS REPORTED But Neither Is Called Severe -- Northerly Winds Called an Advantage at Newfoundland. Map of Nungesser's Route and Scheduled Progress, if All Goes Well CHANGE IN COURSE AN AID TO FLIERS

Best-selling Sheet Music

My Blue Heaven

Walter Donaldson

The must-have

Radio Flyer Wagon

On This Day

• The Old Parliament House, Canberra, Australia, officially opens.

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You Share a Birthday With

• J. M. Barrie (1860)
• Howard Carter (1874)
• José Ortega y Gasset (1883)
• Sophie Scholl (1921)
• Manfred Eigen (1927)

Slang

Tech Check

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

Cost of Living (1920)