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Wednesday, February 22, 1928

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The Headlines

BLAME FOR S-4 LOSS PUT UPON BOTH SHIPS BY THE NAVAL COURT; Report Also Finds Brumby Is Unfitted to Command the Control Forces. MELLON ATTACKS DECISION Secretary Insists That Baylis, Paulding's Commander, Was in No Way at Fault. WILBUR ASKS MORE LIGHT Navy Head Orders Inquiry to Be Continued to Show Reasons for Court's Findings. Mellon Dissents on Baylis. Says All Possible Was Done. BLAME FOR S-4 LOSS PUT UPON BOTH SHIPS Commanders Held Careless. Information on S-4 Trials. Mellon Writes to Wilbur.

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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

35,899 days ago

(98 years, 129 days)