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Sunday, February 12, 1928
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The Headlines
CITY PLANS I. R. T. SEIZURE UNDER DEFAULT CLAUSES; NEW OPERATOR AVAILABLE; BASED ON 7-CENT ACTION This and Inadequacy of Service to Be Ground of Violation Claim. 90-DAY NOTICE REQUIRED Operating Concern Would Get No Lease but Act for City as I. R. T. Agent Till 1962. RECAPTURE AN ALTERNATIVE Estimate Board Likely to Vote to Begin Proceeding in Case the Present Plan Fails. Basis of Proposed Move. Quick Service Is Planned. PLANS I. R. T SEIZURE BY DEFAULT CLAUSE Seizura Not a New Idea.
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
- Abraham Lincoln (1809)
- Charles Darwin (1809)
- Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor (1768)
- Anna Pavlova (1881)
- Julian Schwinger (1918)
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
35,909 days ago
(98 years, 139 days)