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Thursday, February 23, 1928
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The Headlines
5-POWER ENTENTE IN MIDDLE EUROPE PLANNED BY BENES; He Proposes That Austria and Hungary Join Present Tripartite Combination.HUNGARY IN FOR SCOLDINGLeague Will Demand Explanation of Her Machine GunSmuggling. POLITIS RAPS THE COUNCIL Condemns Its Inaction in TreatyBreach--British Sympatheticto Russian Arms Plea. Union a War Menace. Indulgence by Some Expected. Not Hungary's First Offense. 5-POWER ENTENTE PLANNED BY BENES Britain Kindly to Soviet Plan. Latin-American Objections.
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Walter Donaldson
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Mickey Mouse Doll
You Share a Birthday With
- George Frideric Handel (1685)
- Karl Jaspers (1883)
- Kazimir Malevich (1878)
- Pope Paul II (1417)
- Erich Kästner (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
35,898 days ago
(98 years, 128 days)