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Tuesday, April 9, 1929
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The Headlines
M'COOEY BACKS THE MAYOR; Out for Him on News of City Rate Victory at Byrne Luncheon. HIS FRIENDS ARE JUBILANT Walker's Hand Strengthened in Tammany Fight Also--Leans to Man From Ranks. SMITH CONFERS ON LEADER Blow Seen to Hylan Chances in Fall, but He Calls Fare Not the Main Issue and Will Go On. McCooey Declares for Mayor. SEE WALKER NAMED ON FARE DECISION Ex-Mayor to Continue in Race. Stronger in Tammany Fight. Smith Talks of Leadership.
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
- Charles Baudelaire (1821)
- Leopold II of Belgium (1835)
- Hugh Hefner (1926)
- Elias Lönnrot (1802)
- Léon Blum (1872)
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
35,486 days ago
(97 years, 81 days)