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Friday, March 30, 1928

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The Headlines

GERMAN FLYING BOAT WILL TRY OCEAN HOP; Junkers Build New Machine to Compete With Dornier and Rohrback Attempts. BREMEN HELD IN IRELAND Unfavorable Weather Keeps the Trio of Germans at Baldonnell Field. Loose Seeks Hydroplane. GERMAN FLYING BOAT WILL TRY OCEAN HOP Britisher Also Has a Flying Boat. WEATHER STILL HOLDS FLIERS. Trio of Germans Unable to Make a Start From Ireland. WHY KOEHL LEFT LUFTHANSA. Was Anxious to Go in Bremen and No Other Craft.

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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

35,861 days ago

(98 years, 91 days)