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Tuesday, May 14, 1929
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The Headlines
PARIS PLANE SPEEDS 150 MILES AN HOUR IN FIRST TEST HERE; Craft Tuning Up for Atlantic Flight Outraces Pursuers at Roosevelt Field. RISES FROM SOGGY FIELD Three Frenchmen Take turns at Controls and Spectators Praise Their Work. RADIO SET IN GOOD SHAPE Motor is Started With Harness and Cables--Fuel Mixture Is Strained Twice Other Airplanes Distanced. Fuel Strained Twice. PARIS PLANE SPEEDS 150 MILES AN HOUR Lotti Says Plane Is Ready. FRENCH FLIERS TEST MONOPLANE HERE FOR HOP TO PARIS.
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
35,452 days ago
(97 years, 47 days)