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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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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

Catchphrases of 1929

  • Wall Street Lays an Egg

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)