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Tuesday, October 18, 1927
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The Headlines
SEEK 'FAKED' NAMES ON CENSUS PAYROLL KEPT BY MRS. KNAPP; Albany Circles Wonder if Some of 152 Persons Were Listed Without Their Knowledge. INFER THEY GOT NO MONEY New Angle May Lead to Further Investigation and Protract the Hearings. POLITICIANS GROW ANXIOUS Sponsors for Jobholders Are Concerned Over Predictions That New Heads May Fall. SEEK 'FAKED' NAMES ON CENSUS PAYROLL
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
36,025 days ago
(98 years, 255 days)