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Tuesday, March 12, 1929
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The Headlines
MRS. WILLEBRANDT URGED AS DRY CHIEF; Prohibitionists Seek to Have Her Head Hoover Program for Law Enforcement. CONSTABULARY PROPOSED Unified Agency Along Borders Would Wage War on All Smuggling Activities. Poling's Words of Praise. Drys Discuss New Drive. MRS. WILLE BRANDT URGED AS DRY CHIEF
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
35,514 days ago
(97 years, 109 days)