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Friday, July 13, 1928

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The Headlines

ICE SHIP MAKES RESCUES; Walking Party, Foodless for 13 Days, Tell How Injuries Halted Swede. BEGGED TO BE LEFT TO DIE 2 Italians Kept Body a Month --Flier, Himself Stranded, Directs Their Rescue. FIVE IN OTHER GROUP SAVED On Way to Get Them the Krassin Signals Still Others-- She Will Return for Them. Second Rescue in One Day. Ship Sees Another Group. Malmgren Died a Month Ago. Survivors Tell Their Story. Days of Silent Horror. Russians Salute Dead Man. Kings Bay Praises Flier. To Rescue Chukhnosky. HOW FLIER FOUND CASTAWAYS Russian, Forced Down, Ignored Own Peril to Direct Ship to Others. Heroism of Malmgren Told.

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Best-selling Sheet Music

Makin' Whoopee

Walter Donaldson

The must-have

Mickey Mouse Doll

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

applesaucebaloneycheaterscrush

Flapper

bee's kneescat's pajamasgiggle watershebahotsy-totsy

Gangster

big cheesebump offstool pigeongatfall guy

Catchphrases of 1928

  • I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream

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

35,756 days ago

(97 years, 351 days)