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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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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

35,898 days ago

(98 years, 128 days)