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Tuesday, August 30, 1927

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The Headlines

LEVINE RUNS AWAY IN PLANE TO LONDON, FIRST FLIGHT ALONE; 0uits Paris Field, Crosses the Channel Easily, but Has Trouble in Landing. FEAT ASTOUNDS EXPERTS But New Yorker Calmly Explains He Wanted to Get Away From French Obstacles. STILL PLANS FLIGHT HOME Now Seeks British Pilot--Drouhin, Frenchman He Had Engaged, Threatens Suit. LEVINE RUNS AWAY IN PLANE TO LONDON

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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

36,074 days ago

(98 years, 304 days)