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Sunday, February 5, 1928
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The Headlines
AMERICA WOULD END USE OF SUBMARINES; Kellogg Is Ready to Sign Treaty Outlawing Undersea Craft if All Powers Agree. RESOLUTION IS PREPARED House Foreign Afrairs Committee Strongly Favors Frothingham's Measure. AMERICA WOULD END USE OE SUBMARINES Opposed at Washington Conference. Undersea Craft Denounced. Proposal Pleases British.
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Makin' Whoopee
Walter Donaldson
The must-have
Mickey Mouse Doll
You Share a Birthday With
- William S. Burroughs (1914)
- Robert Peel (1788)
- Robert Hofstadter (1915)
- Adlai Stevenson II (1900)
- Joris-Karl Huysmans (1848)
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
35,915 days ago
(98 years, 145 days)