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On the date
Sunday, June 24, 1928
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The Headlines
PROPOSES REFORMS IN HANDLING CRIME; Prison Association in Report Urges State Supervision of Freed Convicts. ASKS ADDED PAROLE FUNDS Favors Giving More Definite Status of Psychiatric Clinic at Sing Sing. OVERCROWDING IS DENIED Crime Probably on the Increase, Survey Says--Correction Department Praised.
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
- Ambrose Bierce (1842)
- Victor Hess (1883)
- Juan Manuel Fangio (1911)
- Martin Lewis Perl (1927)
- Ernesto Sabato (1911)
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
35,775 days ago
(98 years, 5 days)