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Saturday, January 19, 1929

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The Headlines

VICE PRESIDENT DIES AS ARMY GETS WORD OF BOOTH INJUNCTION; Lieut. Commissioner Haines Succumbs After His Attack in Council on One-Man Rule. GENERAL HALTS OUSTING He Wins Court Order Restraining Council From ChoosingLeader to Supplant Him. DELEGATES ARE STUNNED Salvationist Commander AlienatesSupporters by Resort to Law--Hearing in London Monday. Court Order Is Announced. Move Astonishes Council. DIES AS ARMY HEARS 0F BOOTH INJUNCTION History of Deed Poll. Deed Held Violated. Refers to Doctors. Tributes to Haines. Five Candidates Mentioned. Haines's Army Career.

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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

35,566 days ago

(97 years, 161 days)