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Monday, April 2, 1928
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The Headlines
SHIPS IN DISTRESS, PLANE IS MISSING IN PACIFIC STORM; Coast Guards Hunt Machine Said to Have Plunged in the Surf on Washington Coast. TUG GETS FOOD TO SAILORS Twenty Miles of Country Under Water and Train Service Disrupted in Oregon. GALE RAGES FOR 3 DAYS Airplane Service Forced to Move Base to Vancouver When Portland Field Is Flooded. Plane Crash Reported. SHIPS IN DISTRESS IN PACIFIC STORM Search for Plane Is Fatile Ships Comparatively Safe. WILD STORMS IN ARCTIC. MacMillan, in Radio Message, Tells of "Worst Howler in Years." RESCUES 8 ICE-BOUND MEN. Ice-Breaker Gets Fisherman Marooned in Lake Erie on Rescue Tug.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Hans Christian Andersen (1805)
- Émile Zola (1840)
- AD 747 (747)
- 181 (181)
- Giacomo Casanova (1725)
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
35,859 days ago
(98 years, 89 days)