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Thursday, May 2, 1929

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The Headlines

HOOVER REMOVES DE GROOT ON INCOMPETENCE CHARGE; OTHER PROSECUTORS MAY GO; DRY LAW LAXITY IS CITED Mitchell Tells Hoover Record Is Generally Unsatisfactory. QUOTES REPORTS OF AIDES Tells of Repeated Requests to De Groot to Quit, Which Were Ignored. PART OF A WIDE CLEAN-UP More Face Same Fate in Nation-Wide Inquiry--Statementby Ousted Official Today. Order Effective at Once. Finds Condition Unsatisfactory. Tells of Long Struggle. De Groot Won't 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

35,463 days ago

(97 years, 58 days)