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Wednesday, November 28, 1928
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The Headlines
M'MANUS GIVES UP; HELD WITHOUT BAIL AS ROTHSTEIN KILLER; Key Witness Jailed on Charge of Murder After Refusal to Talk to Banton. INNOCENT, LAWYER INSISTS Hoped Client Had Been Cleared by Dying Man--Prosecutor Renews Immunity Offer. ALL 3 AT HOTEL KNOWN Indictments Looked For on Friday --Testimony of Eight More Adds Little to Evidence. Jury May Indict Three on Friday. Immunity Offer Repeated. M'MANUS GIVES UP; HELD WITHOUT BAIL Short Affidavit Is Read. Waits for Gambler to Be shaved. Witnesses Fail to Win Freedom. Witnesses Are Sequestered. Unaware Girl Was Questioned.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Friedrich Engels (1820)
- William Blake (1757)
- Stefan Zweig (1881)
- Alexander Blok (1880)
- Claude Lévi-Strauss (1908)
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
35,619 days ago
(97 years, 214 days)