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Tuesday, August 28, 1928
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The Headlines
HEARINGS ON WRECK AWAIT FULL REPORTS; Banton Defers I.R.T. Inquiry to Get Findings of Transit Board and the Police. WARREN GIVING DATA TODAY Prosecutor Doubts an Employe Threw Switch Under Train, as Held by Commission. Three Still in Critical State. Switch's Movement Is Issue. Regrets Law Restricts Course. HEARINGS ON WRECK AWAIT FULL REPORTS Several Called for Inquiry. Doubts City's Damage Liability. Funeral Services for Victims.
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Makin' Whoopee
Walter Donaldson
The must-have
Mickey Mouse Doll
You Share a Birthday With
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749)
- Jack Kirby (1917)
- Godfrey Hounsfield (1919)
- C. Wright Mills (1916)
- George Whipple (1878)
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
35,710 days ago
(97 years, 305 days)