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Friday, May 17, 1929
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The Headlines
GENERAL MOTORS GOES INTO AVIATION; Buys 40 Per Cent of Fokker Stock, Giving It Virtual Control of Plane-Building Concern. FORD RIVAL IN TWO FIELDS Aircraft Concern Gets McCook Field, Patents and $6,500,000 Cash Assets in Transaction. Fokker Gets McCook Field. GENERAL MOTORS GOES INTO A VIATION Got Control Last Fall.
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
- Edward Jenner (1749)
- Henri Barbusse (1873)
- Erik Satie (1866)
- Alfonso XIII (1886)
- Odd Hassel (1897)
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
35,449 days ago
(97 years, 44 days)