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Thursday, May 9, 1929
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The Headlines
WARDER REFUSES TO SAY IF FERRARI GAVE MONEY TO HIM; Former State Banking Head Insists on Seeing Counsel Before Replying to Question. LATER DENIES ANY GIFTS Admits $3,000,000 City Trust Loans Were Found Questionable Last November.$500,000 FORGED PAPER Asserts at Lancie Bankruptcy Hearing That He Did Not Find it Till Day He Closed Bank. Warder Consults Counsel. WARDER REFUSES TO TELL OF FERRARI Spent Night Over Signatures. Questioned on Prudential Bank. An $800,000 Loan Item. Balks at Personal Question. Loan to Ferrari's Mother-in-Law. Defends Examination of Bank.
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
- J. M. Barrie (1860)
- Howard Carter (1874)
- José Ortega y Gasset (1883)
- Sophie Scholl (1921)
- Manfred Eigen (1927)
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
35,456 days ago
(97 years, 51 days)