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Thursday, May 10, 1928
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The Headlines
ROCKEFELLER CALLS ON STEWART TO QUIT INDIANA STANDARD; Acts as a Stockholder Because of an Apparent Conflict in Senate Oil Testimony. LOST CONFIDENCE, HE SAYS Declares the Resignation Was Sought Under Agreement That Chairman Would Go if Asked. SENATOR WALSH PLEASED Nye Also Commends the Demand-- Stewart Is Said to Have Asserted That He Won't Resign.
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
- Fred Astaire (1899)
- Heydar Aliyev (1923)
- Gustav Stresemann (1878)
- Karl Barth (1886)
- Augustin-Jean Fresnel (1788)
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
35,820 days ago
(98 years, 50 days)