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Friday, February 8, 1929
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The Headlines
BRITAIN WILL BUILD TWO NEW CRUISERS; "Big Navy" Group Wins and Bridgeman Announces the Decision in Commons. ENDS CABINET DIFFERENCE British Public Interprets Action as Government's Answer to the Senate Vote for Cruisers. Baldwin's Counsel Offset. BRITAIN WILL BUILD TWO NEW CRUISERS Decide Soon After Senate Vote. Will Affect General Election.
Read in The New York Times →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
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
35,546 days ago
(97 years, 141 days)