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Saturday, January 21, 1928

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The Headlines

CURB ON OUR POLICY SOUGHT AS FOES OF INTERVENTION COME TO FORE AT HAVANA; COLLECTIVE ACTION URGED Principles Are Framed Providing Guarantees Under Law Code. GUERRERO FOR ARBITRATION Committee Head, Opposing New Tribunal, Would Submit Disputes to World Court.ARGENTINA ALSO RESENTFUL Other Pan-American Delegations Share Opposition to OurRole as Sole Guardian.

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Best-selling Sheet Music

Makin' Whoopee

Walter Donaldson

The must-have

Mickey Mouse Doll

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

applesaucebaloneycheaterscrush

Flapper

bee's kneescat's pajamasgiggle watershebahotsy-totsy

Gangster

big cheesebump offstool pigeongatfall guy

Catchphrases of 1928

  • I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream

Tech Check

Electric Razor, Penicillin & Bubble Gum.

Cost of Living (1920)

Loaf of Bread

$0.11

Gallon of Gas

$0.30

Average Home

$6,296

New Car

$575

Time Elapsed

35,930 days ago

(98 years, 160 days)