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Monday, October 31, 1927

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The Headlines

FRANCE COMPLETES DEFENSE TREATIES WITH FIVE POWERS; Signing of Yuogslav Compact Will Mark New Development in Europe's Affairs. TEUTONIC BLOC FLANKED France's Political as Well as Military Strength Increased by Her Alliances. ITALY'S MOVES WATCHED Her Interest In Tangier Is Likely to Be Recognized -- Reich and Poland More Friendly. FRANCE COMPLETES DEFENSE TREATIES

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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

36,012 days ago

(98 years, 242 days)