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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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Walter Donaldson
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Mickey Mouse Doll
You Share a Birthday With
- Zachary Taylor (1816)
- Charles Bukowski (1920)
- Menachem Begin (1913)
- Gabriel Lippmann (1845)
- T. E. Lawrence (1888)
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
35,723 days ago
(97 years, 318 days)