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Thursday, January 3, 1929

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The Headlines

WHALEN SPURS RAIDS ON SPEAK EASIES THAT SELL POISON LIQUOR; Orders Clean-Up of 55 Resorts as He Hears Wood Alcohol Is in Drinks Dispensed. THEN HE WATCHES DRIVE Commissioner at Station Sees Prisoners Booked --Arrests in 32 Suspected Places. STRONG-ARM MEN PICKED Six New Squads to Set Out Tonight to Rout Thugs--Court Applies Vagrancy Law in Crime War. Whalen Stirs Broadway. Whalen Watches Work. WHALEN SPURS RAIDS ON 55 SPEAKEASIES Praises Men in Station. Raids in Downtown District. STRONG-ARM MEN PICKED. Whalen Orders Six New Squads to Drive Thugs From City. Names New Office Aide. Three Arrested as Thieves. Discusses Probationary Men.

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Best-selling Sheet Music

Singin' in the Rain

Nacio Herb Brown

The must-have

Duncan Yo-Yo

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

applesaucebaloneycheaterscrush

Flapper

bee's kneescat's pajamasgiggle watershebahotsy-totsy

Gangster

big cheesebump offstool pigeongatfall guy

Catchphrases of 1929

  • Wall Street Lays an Egg

Tech Check

Car Radio, Sunglasses (Mass Produced) & Coaxial Cable.

Cost of Living (1920)

Loaf of Bread

$0.11

Gallon of Gas

$0.30

Average Home

$6,296

New Car

$575

Time Elapsed

35,583 days ago

(97 years, 178 days)