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Wednesday, April 17, 1929
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The Headlines
SENATORS CLING TO DEBENTURE PLAN; Unless Hoover Spurns It More Specifically Than in Message, It Will Be in Farm Bill. FIGHT ON FLOOR PROMISED House Committee Adopts the Haugen Measure--Quick Passage Is Likely. Committee Talks Over Message. Would Avoid a Veto. SENATORS CLING TO DEBENTURE PLAN
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
- Sirimavo Bandaranaike (1916)
- J. P. Morgan (1837)
- William Holden (1918)
- Thornton Wilder (1897)
- Pedro de Valdivia (1497)
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
35,479 days ago
(97 years, 74 days)