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Wednesday, December 26, 1928
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The Headlines
COOLIDGE HEARTENS EUROPE BY AIDING REPARATIONS MOVE; Any Two From Among Dawes, Young, Morrow, Hughes Would Be Welcomed as Experts. NEED OF ONE TO LEAD SEEN Impartial Chairman Held Vital in Delicate Task of Fixing What Germans Must Pay. BERLIN HOPES FOR RELIEF But Paris Is Said to Want Payments Kept at About Same Levelas Under Dawes Plan. German and French Hopes. Viewpoint Finds Little Support.
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
- Mao Zedong (1893)
- Charles Babbage (1791)
- Henry Miller (1891)
- Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor (1194)
- Yun Ch'iho (1864)
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
35,591 days ago
(97 years, 186 days)