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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.
Read in The New York Times →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
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)