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Sunday, April 22, 1928
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The Headlines
Fitzmaurice Visions Ocean Travel By Multi-Engined Flying Boats; Immense Planes, Able to Ride Through Waves, Will Take Off From Trains and Cross Atlantic Safely, Guided by Weather Ships' Reports, Irishman Predicts. Says Atlantic Service Is Most Important. Pictures Planes That Can Ride Out Gales. Fitzmaurice Visions Ocean Travel By Multi-Engined Flying Boats Suggested Meteorological Service. Planes Could Find Positions. Railways as Take-Offs Visioned. Signs at Lighthouses Proposed. Crossing Without Unusual Peril Seen.
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
35,838 days ago
(98 years, 68 days)