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Tuesday, December 18, 1928
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The Headlines
HOOVER ADVOCATES 'EXCHANGE OF IDEAS' WITH URUGUAYANS; In Address at Montevideo, He Praises "Greatness" of Smaller Nation. STUDIES GOVERNMENT PLAN Dual Executive System Interests Him in Day Devoted to meeting Officials. POLICE GUARD HIM CLOSELY Radical Demonstrators Arrested-- President-Elect Sails Today on Utah for Brazil. Dinner Is Brilliant Affair. Extols People as Progressive. HOOVER ADVOCATES 'EXCHANGE OF IDEAS'
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Makin' Whoopee
Walter Donaldson
The must-have
Mickey Mouse Doll
You Share a Birthday With
- Joseph Stalin (1878)
- Willy Brandt (1913)
- J. J. Thomson (1856)
- Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria (1863)
- Paul Klee (1879)
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
35,598 days ago
(97 years, 193 days)