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Saturday, May 4, 1929

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The Headlines

CLOSE VOTE FORECAST ON DEBENTURES PLAN; Hoover Leaders Are Anxious, Admitting That Two or Three Senators Will Decide Question. SHIPSTEAD, ILL, A FACTOR The Administration's Opponents Gain Right to Have Him Sworn In at His Bedside. Watson Admits Vote Will Be Close. Twelve Republicans for Plan. CLOSE VOTE FORECAST ON DEBENTURES PLAN

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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

35,461 days ago

(97 years, 56 days)