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Monday, January 30, 1928
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The Headlines
THREE SEWER FIRMS NOW OFFER BOOKS IN SCUDDER INQUIRY; Contractors' Change of Front Laid to Injunction Defeat and Bar on Payments. VIEWED AS OPENING WEDGE Officers of Concerns Said to Be Ready to Tell of Private Dealings With Phillips. BUCKNER PLEASED BYTREND Delay Seen as Influencing Queens Public Opinion Toward Direct Action by the Governor.
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Makin' Whoopee
Walter Donaldson
The must-have
Mickey Mouse Doll
You Share a Birthday With
- Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882)
- Olof Palme (1927)
- Douglas Engelbart (1925)
- Adelbert von Chamisso (1781)
- Max Theiler (1899)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
applesaucebaloneycheaterscrush
Flapper
bee's kneescat's pajamasgiggle watershebahotsy-totsy
Gangster
big cheesebump offstool pigeongatfall guy
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
35,921 days ago
(98 years, 151 days)