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Friday, February 1, 1929
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The Headlines
OLVANY AND WALKER CONTRADICT COLER; Leader Denies Dictation by Tammany and Terms the Charges "Ravings." MAYOR CITES THE RECORDS Insists That He Supplied Funds --Welfare Head Says New Plan is "Gold Brick." Handicapped, He Declares. OLVANY AND WALKER CONTRADICT COLER
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
- Clark Gable (1901)
- John Ford (1894)
- Langston Hughes (1902)
- Emilio Segrè (1905)
- Yevgeny Zamyatin (1884)
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
35,553 days ago
(97 years, 148 days)