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Friday, November 4, 1927
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The Headlines
SINCLAIR AIDE IS SOUGHT IN OIL JURY SHADOWING AS INQUIRY NET SPREADS; SUMMONS OUT FOR CLARK Secret Service Tries in Many States to Find Chicago Man. SARGENT ENTERS THE CASE Attorney General Learns One of His Assistants Was Trailed by Detectives. CONTEMPT MOVE FOR DAY Government Will Ask Court to Force 'Contact' Man to Answer Questions.
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
My Blue Heaven
Walter Donaldson
The must-have
Radio Flyer Wagon
You Share a Birthday With
- Joseph Rotblat (1908)
- Walter Cronkite (1916)
- Will Rogers (1879)
- Guido Reni (1575)
- Art Carney (1918)
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
36,008 days ago
(98 years, 238 days)