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Monday, April 30, 1928
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The Headlines
WALKER CALLS HALT ON COURT ATTACHES; Forbids Solicitation of Ads and Public Ticket Sale for Attendants' Ball. NEARS EXTORTION, HE SAYS Higgins Inquiry Discloses That $50,000 to $100,000 a Year Is Taken In by Three Groups.
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Makin' Whoopee
Walter Donaldson
The must-have
Mickey Mouse Doll
You Share a Birthday With
- Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777)
- Jaroslav Hašek (1883)
- Joachim von Ribbentrop (1893)
- Mary II (1662)
- Claude Shannon (1916)
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
35,830 days ago
(98 years, 60 days)