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Tuesday, May 21, 1929
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The Headlines
WARDER REFUSES TO WAIVE IMMUNITY; GOT FERRARI GIFTS; Banker Paid Month's Rent and Bought Furnishings for State Official, It Is Testified. INSPECTION WAS DELAYED Examination of the Ferrari Institution Was Held Up for Six Months. MANCUSO LOAN ON BOOKS But Judge Denies He or Father Borrowed From Bank or That He Received $7,000 Salary. Refuses to Waive Immunity. WARDER REFUSES TO WAIVE IMMUNITY Broderick First Witness. Says Warder Held Up Examination. Mancuso Item Questioned. Sixty Per Cent of Loans Questioned. Directors' Prudence Questioned. "Time Ripe to Clean House." Warder Interrupts. Dr. Giannini on the Stand. Rent Check in Evidence. Furniture in Warder Home.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Albrecht Dürer (1471)
- Andrei Sakharov (1921)
- Philip II of Spain (1527)
- Willem Einthoven (1860)
- Henri Rousseau (1844)
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
35,444 days ago
(97 years, 39 days)