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Tuesday, November 27, 1928

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The Headlines

HIGH BAIL HOLDS FIVE IN ROTHSTEIN INQUIRY; GRAND JURY GUARDED; Gamblers Seized by Banton to Assure Testimony After Witnesses Are Threatened.WOMAN LINKED TO KILLING Her Indictment With Two Others Sought--Secret Papers of Gambler Disappear. TWO IN HOTEL ROOM NAMED Files in Court Connect Slain Man to Labor War--Police Protect Jury Room During Hearing. Woman Named in Murder Plot. Two Men in Hotel Identified. HIGH BAIL HOLDS 5 IN ROTHSTEIN CASE Seventy Witnesses to Be Called. Criticizes Moving of Files. Banton Asks $100,000 Bail for Four. Grand Jury Guarded Against Spies.

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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

35,620 days ago

(97 years, 215 days)