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Thursday, March 21, 1929

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The Headlines

BYRD RADIOS BASE THAT 'ALL IS WELL' ON THE MOUNTAINS; Rescue Plane Will Start From Little America in the First Flying Weather. DOG TEAMS ARE SENT OUT Would Meet Commander and Companions Should They Start Back by Sled. JUNE DESCRIBES STORM Tells How 150-Mile Wind Wrecked Plane of Party on Rockefeller Range.

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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

Catchphrases of 1929

  • Wall Street Lays an Egg

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

35,506 days ago

(97 years, 101 days)