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Saturday, April 6, 1929

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The Headlines

DEBT EXPERTS DRAW NEARER AGREEMENT ON REICH ANNUITIES; Private Conferences Among Schacht and Others Settle Some Disputed Issues. TWO KINDS OF PAYMENTS One, for War Damages, Would Cover 37 Years and Other 58, Time Allies Must Pay Us. TALK OF CUTTING OUR CLAIM Opinion in Paris Sets Initial Sums Germany Must Pay at About $420,000,000 Yearly. Lively Debates Held. First 37 Years Hardest. DEBT EXPERTS DRAW NEARER AGREEMENT

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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

35,489 days ago

(97 years, 84 days)