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Sunday, March 31, 1929

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The Headlines

CHRISTIAN COMING TO MEET CHARGES; Fugitive Says He Lost Money in $2,400,000 Failure of Day & Heaton. READY TO FACE MAIL CASE Was Here, but No Attempt Was Made to Arrest Him, He Says-- Banton Won't Prosecute. Says He Lost in Crash. Committed No Crime, He Says. CHRISTIAN COMING TO MEET CHARGES Banton Plans No Action. No Complaint to Banton. Seek to Question Girl Friend.

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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

35,495 days ago

(97 years, 90 days)