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Tuesday, February 28, 1928

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The Headlines

INEFFICIENT POLICE BLAMED FOR CRIME; Lack of Brains and Inability to Catch Crooks Charged in Report to Commission. ROBBERY SAFEST BUSINESS Lowden Board Calls Parole Boards, Prosecutors and Courts Also at Fault. INEFFICIENT POLICE BLAMED FOR CRIME Finds We Lag in Police Work. Prosecutors Called Lax.

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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

35,892 days ago

(98 years, 122 days)