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Thursday, August 16, 1928

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The Headlines

NANKING INDIGNANT, SENDS STRONG NOTE TO TOKIO ON TREATY; Contents Are Withheld, but Official Circles Understand It Persists in Abrogation. DIPLOMATIC BREAK FEARED Chinese Factions, United by Manchurian Incident, Ready for Bold Stand. NEW COMPACT SUGGESTED Japanese Unofficially Reiterate Insistance on Acknowledgmentof Old Agreement. Chinese Seem United on Stand. Influential Chinese Uneasy. Four Problems Face Nanking. Soviet Recognition Suggested. NANKING INDIGNANT, SENDS STRONG NOTE Japanese Reiterate Stand. MANCHURIA IS FEAR-RIDDEN. British Writer Says It Expects Japanese Annexation Attempt.

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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

35,723 days ago

(97 years, 318 days)