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Saturday, November 19, 1927
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The Headlines
OIL DECISION GIVES WASHINGTON HOPE OF MEXICAN ACCORD; It May Open Way to Settle Land and Petroleum Law Disputes, State Department Says. THAT IS ITS 'SINCERE' WISH Mexican Court's Ruling in Favor of Americans Creates Most Optimism Since the Clash. BUT DIFFICULTIES ARE SEEN Meanwhile the Foreign Oil Men in Mexico City Prepare to Increase Curtailed Operations. OIL DECISION GIVES WASHINGTON HOPE
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
- Indira Gandhi (1917)
- James A. Garfield (1831)
- Mikhail Lomonosov (1711)
- Charles I of England (1600)
- José Raúl Capablanca (1888)
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
35,994 days ago
(98 years, 224 days)