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Saturday, January 26, 1929
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The Headlines
HUGHES WARNS BAR TO "CLEAN HOUSE" AND SPEED JUSTICE; Sees Evils More Fundamental Than Ambulance Chasing-- Finds Law Flouted. APPEALS TO BENCH FOR AID Decries Delays, Favoritism, Archaic Procedure and Misuse of the Jury System. CALLS FOR UNITED ACTION Tells Bronx Lawyers This Is the Hardest Place to Maintain Standards of Justice. Says Lawyers "Must Clean House.' HUGHES WARNS BAR TO 'CLEAN HOUSE' Sees Need for "Skillful Surgery." Asks Cooperation of Public. Too Many "Archaic Survivals."
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Singin' in the Rain
Nacio Herb Brown
The must-have
Duncan Yo-Yo
You Share a Birthday With
- Douglas MacArthur (1880)
- Paul Newman (1925)
- Charles XIV John (1763)
- Claude Adrien Helvétius (1715)
- Polykarp Kusch (1911)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
applesaucebaloneycheaterscrush
Flapper
bee's kneescat's pajamasgiggle watershebahotsy-totsy
Gangster
big cheesebump offstool pigeongatfall guy
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
35,559 days ago
(97 years, 154 days)