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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

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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

36,025 days ago

(98 years, 255 days)