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Friday, May 11, 1928
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The Headlines
CITY ASKED TO FIND NEW INCOME SOURCE; Budget Survey Urges Special Assessments for Subways to Avoid Tax Rate Rise. NEEDS $61,200,000 BY 1933 Levies oo Gasoline and Business Advocated, With Greater Share of State Imposts. Would Open Fiscal Year July 1. Suggests Curb on State Tax. CITY ASKED TO FIND NEW INCOME SOURCE Recommend Tax on Gasoline. Special Assessments Advocated. Would Levy on Land Benefited. Would Revise Fiscal Dates.
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Makin' Whoopee
Walter Donaldson
The must-have
Mickey Mouse Doll
You Share a Birthday With
- Salvador Dalí (1904)
- Richard Feynman (1918)
- Camilo José Cela (1916)
- Antony Hewish (1924)
- Irving Berlin (1888)
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
35,819 days ago
(98 years, 49 days)