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Wednesday, April 3, 1929
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The Headlines
DISPUTE AT CAPITAL OVER CREDIT GROWS; MARKET STEADIES; Fish Commends Mitchell as Haying Averted Crisis and Attacks Glass's Stand. SENATOR RETORTS WARMLY In Reply to New Yorker and to Owen He Cites Law to Show Aid to Market Was Illegal. OILS LEA RECOVERY HERE Fear of Reserve Action at Meetings In Washington Dwindles--Loans to Brokers Up $25,911,491 In March. Won't Talk About Bank Rate. Fish Attacks Senator Glass. Makes Warm Retort. DISPUTE AT CAPITAL OVER CREDIT GROWS Asks Why Fish is Spokesman. Did Not Rush Into Print. His Reply to Owen Criticism.
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Singin' in the Rain
Nacio Herb Brown
The must-have
Duncan Yo-Yo
You Share a Birthday With
- Marlon Brando (1924)
- Washington Irving (1783)
- Doris Day (1922)
- Alcide De Gasperi (1881)
- George Herbert (1593)
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
35,492 days ago
(97 years, 87 days)