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Tuesday, March 26, 1929

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The Headlines

WARD RULING BACKS STATE REPUBLICANS IN FIGHT ON BUDGET; Attorney General Says Fiscal Chiefs Share Power With the Governor Over Lump Sums. ROOSEVELT STILL DISSENTS Executive Says Ward's Opinion Is Not Law and Is Not Binding on Any One. NEW INCOME TAX CUT BILL Hofstadter-Moffat Plan Provides Higher Exemptions Applying to Last Calendar Year. Plan to Speed Fiscal Program BACKS REPUBLICANS IN FIGHT ON BUDGET Attorney General's Opinion. Powers of the Chairmen. Governor Replies to Ward.

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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

35,500 days ago

(97 years, 95 days)