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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
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
- Audrey Hepburn (1929)
- Hosni Mubarak (1928)
- Thomas Henry Huxley (1825)
- Kakuei Tanaka (1918)
- Bartolomeo Cristofori (1655)
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
35,461 days ago
(97 years, 56 days)