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Tuesday, April 3, 1928

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The Headlines

CONNOLLY QUITS AS CITY BARS HIS $100,000 DEFENSE FUND; SEWER HEARINGS MAY END; HE UPHOLDS HIS REGIME Borough Head Contends He Can't Finance His Own Defense. SHEARN REPORT LIKELY His Authority Believed Ended, but May Send Evidence Uncovered to Smith. WALKER BLOCKS THE FUND. Board Votes 14 to 2 Against Aid to Connolly--Contractors Get Pay and Resume Work.

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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

35,857 days ago

(98 years, 87 days)