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Wednesday, February 13, 1929
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The Headlines
SCHACHT CALLS LEVY ON REICH VERY HEAVY; At Paris Reparations Parley German Manoeuvres for Cut in $600,000,000 Annuity. YOUNG INDICATES DISSENT Holding War Burdens Greater Than Reich's, Allies Will Resist Reduction.
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
- Thomas Robert Malthus (1766)
- William Shockley (1910)
- Georges Simenon (1903)
- Ivan Krylov (1769)
- Pope Alexander VII (1599)
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
35,542 days ago
(97 years, 137 days)