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Friday, May 25, 1928
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The Headlines
DR.FLEXNER TO QUIT ROCKEFELLER BOARD; ACTION UNEXPLAINED; Trustees of General Education Body Announce Resignation of Director of Studies. PRAISE 15 YEARS' SERVICE Brothers Say They Know of No Reason for Move--Clash on British Addresses Denied. NOW LECTURING AT OXFORD Educator, Said to Have Supervised the Use of $50,000,000 Funds, Opposed Arms Expenditures.
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
- Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803)
- Pieter Zeeman (1865)
- Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1803)
- Igor Sikorsky (1889)
- Jack Steinberger (1921)
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
35,806 days ago
(98 years, 36 days)