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Wednesday, April 10, 1929

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The Headlines

SHIP'S CREW FREED; CANADA FILES NOTE PROTESTING SINKING; Washington Maintains Right of Pursuit, but Lacks Evidence Against Men of I'm Alone. OTTAWA DISPUTES FACTS Dominion Is Also Said to Hold Coast Guard Action More Extreme Than Warranted. ISSUE IS TAKEN ON TREATY Authority Under Compact to Chase Rum-Runner Beyond 3-Mile Limit Understood to Be Questioned. Coast Guard Version Contested. Arbitration Believed Likely. SHIP'S CREW FREED; CANADA FILES NOTE Mitchell Explains Dropping Case Holds Treaty Issues Separate. Crew Freed in New Orleans Court. Ottawa Refrains from Comment.

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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

35,486 days ago

(97 years, 81 days)