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Friday, March 16, 1928

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The Headlines

KELLOGG HERE URGES UNQUALIFIED TREATY TO ABOLISH ALL WAR; Ready to Make Peace Compacts but Won't Pledge Our Armies to Defend Any Country. SEES NO CERTAIN GUARANTY In Address to Foreign Relations Council, He Insists on Including Non-Aggressive War.TELLS OF PARLEYS NOW ONSecretary Calls for an ArousedPublic Conscience "Againstthe Utter Horror of War." Supplements Existing Treaties. KELLOGG HERE ASKS TREATY TO END WAR Difficulties of Arbitration. Says Nations Should Submit. Opposes "Aggression" Plan. France Backed Principle. His Note to France. PARIS PRESS IS CRITICAL. Journal Sees in Speech the Theory of Dominating Nations.

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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

35,875 days ago

(98 years, 105 days)