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Tuesday, March 6, 1928
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The Headlines
CLEMENT GIVES UP; DENIES KNOWLEDGE OF THE FIRE MURDER; "Doctor," Object of a Wide Search, Walks Unrecognized Into Police Headquarters. NEVER KNEW MISS BROWN Intended to Hide, He Says, but Changed Mind When No Accusation Was Made. STORY IMPRESSES POLICE But Inspector Coughlin Will Hold Him, Using an Old Charge of Fraud Made by His Wife. CLEMENT DENIES MURDER KNOWLEDGE Not Recognized by Detectives. Police Startled Into Action. Innocent, His Letter Insisted. 'On the Rocks," Clement Says. Married, Then Left His Wife.
Read in The New York Times →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
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
35,885 days ago
(98 years, 115 days)