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Thursday, May 30, 1929

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The Headlines

FERRARI 'MILLIONS' SHRINK TO $13,841; Executors Found $144,112, but Debts Took Most of It, They Reveal at Inquiry. CITY WITHDREW $175,000 Evidence Tends to Show City Trust Head Had Advance Notice of Bank Examinations. Tells of Loan to Company. Moses Rabukes Witness. FERRARI 'MILLIONS' SHRINK TO $13,841 Loan Transaction Complicated. Banking Violations Cited. Questions Paying of Deficits. Moses Silences Explanation. Ferrari Estate $13,841. City's $175,000 Withdrawn.

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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

35,436 days ago

(97 years, 31 days)