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Sunday, December 30, 1928
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The Headlines
81 SEIZED BY POLICE IN SECOND ROUND-UP; CORDES IS SUSPENDED; Honor Detective Faces Trial for Breaking Rules in Arrest in Rothstein Case. McMANUS RECORD LACKING 11 Gunmen and Murder Suspects Among Prisoners--Brooklyn Combed for Capone Gang. 30 SPEAKEASIES INVADED Doors Are Smashed With Axes When Entrance Is Barred--Raids Made in All Sections. Speakeasies Also Raided. Finds Many Places Closed Up. 81 SEIZED BY POLICE IN SECOND ROUND-UP Cordes Suspended by Whalen. Missing Records Obtained. Won't Favor Cordes on Record. McManus's Counsel Vexed at Move Insists Law Forbade Removal. Cordes Honored Eight Times.
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Mickey Mouse Doll
You Share a Birthday With
- Rudyard Kipling (1865)
- Hideki Tojo (1884)
- Ramana Maharshi (1879)
- Theodor Fontane (1819)
- Ahmed III (1673)
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
35,587 days ago
(97 years, 182 days)