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Saturday, July 21, 1928
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The Headlines
RASKOB AND GERRY PICK NATIONAL AIDES; FIX TWO ZONE BASES; Make-Up of Executive and Part of Advisory Committees Is Announced. LEADERS IN LONG PARLEY Decide on Headquarters in St. Louis and Salt Lake City-- Washington Handles South. STATES TO DO ACTUAL WORK Chairman Denies He Is "Wringing Wet," but Hopes Temperance Plan May Be Evolved. Two Regional Bases. To Rely on States. Smith's Friends in Group. Progress Pleases Raskob.
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
- Rudolph A. Marcus (1923)
- Don Knotts (1924)
- Norman Jewison (1926)
- Karel Reisz (1926)
- Constant Nieuwenhuys (1920)
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
35,748 days ago
(97 years, 343 days)