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Thursday, September 13, 1928
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The Headlines
WARNER BROS. BUY STANLEY THEATRES; $100,000,000 Merger Is Step to $250,000,000 Union of 4,000 Theatres. OTHER ALLIANCES SOUGHT Film Men Desire Keith-AlbeeOrpheum and Shubert Houses in National Chain. Rival of Fox Audible Films. WARNER BROS. BUY STANLEY THEATRES Their Theatres Are Widespread. Shares Active in Philadelphia.
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
- Roald Dahl (1916)
- Arnold Schoenberg (1874)
- Claudette Colbert (1903)
- Clara Schumann (1819)
- Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach (1830)
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
35,695 days ago
(97 years, 290 days)