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Thursday, October 18, 1928
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The Headlines
HOOVER CITIZENSHIP NEVER CHANGED, SAYS STATE DEPARTMENT; Official Denial Is Made of a Rumor That He Sought to Be British Subject. WORK CHARGES A PLOT Republican Chairman Says There Is Effort to Deceive the Country by Canard. INQUIRY IS MADE ABROAD Nothing Found to Indicate That Candidate Even Considered Changing Allegiance. Lays It to Taxes Paid in London. The State Department's Letter. HOOVER CITIZENSHIP NEVER WAS CHANGED Set Permanent Residence Here. Statement by Dr. Work. Hoover Greets Rockford Fliers. Urges Inforcement Without Gunmen. ROCKFORD-TO-GREENLAND FLIERS GREETED BY HOOVER.
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Makin' Whoopee
Walter Donaldson
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Mickey Mouse Doll
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
35,659 days ago
(97 years, 254 days)