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Thursday, May 12, 1927

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The Headlines

EXPERTS HERE FEAR WORST; Doubt Nungesser and Coli or Their Plane Could Long Survive. HEARD IN NEWFOUNDLAND? Two Report Sound of Plane Audible Monday Morning, but St. John's Has Doubts. LOS ANGELES TO GO OUT Dirigible Will Join Government Ships and Liners in Search if Weather Is Favorable.

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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

36,185 days ago

(99 years, 50 days)