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Thursday, January 31, 1929
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The Headlines
REPUBLICAN BILL WOULD AID IN FUSION AGAINST TAMMANY; Measure for Legislature Would Abolish Primaries in City Elections. BACKED BY CITIZENS UNION Measure Calls for Non-Partisan Voting by Municipalities if They Desire That Method. REFERENDUM IS PROVIDED Election Law-Change Would Permit Shift to New System Without Legislature's Sanction.
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
- Franz Schubert (1797)
- Norman Mailer (1923)
- Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543)
- Rudolf Mössbauer (1929)
- Alva Myrdal (1902)
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
35,554 days ago
(97 years, 149 days)