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Monday, April 1, 1929

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The Headlines

HARVEY TO OUST 50 FROM JOBS IN FIGHT AGAINST DE BRAGGA; Will Order Discharge Today of All Non-Civil Service Sympathizers With Leader. DAUGHTER, 19, TO BE AIDE She Will Replace Confidential Stenographer at $3,000 Salary-- Karle to Name Others. BRIEGER MAY RUN IN FALL Asserts Queens Head Cannot Be Re-elected--De Bragga Is "Not Thinking Out Loud." Brieger May Run for Presidency. HARVEY TO OUST 50 FROM JOBS IN FIGHT Harvey to Appoint Daughter. De Bragga 'Not Thinking Aloud.'

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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

35,494 days ago

(97 years, 89 days)