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Thursday, March 14, 1929
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The Headlines
JONES LAW RAIDS PUT BROADWAY ON GUARD; Resorts Alarmed as Five Places Are Visited and 13 Men Held Under Dry Act. NEW WAR ON LIQUOR SEEN Doran Denies Ordering, Drive-- 13 Raids in Nassau Bring Arrest of 17. Truck Seized in Tussle. JONES LAW RAIDS PUT BROADWAY ON GUARD Doran Denies Giving Order. Thirteen Nassau Places Raided.
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
35,513 days ago
(97 years, 108 days)