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Thursday, June 6, 1929

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The Headlines

DEBENTURE CLAUSE CUT OUT OF FARM BILL BY CONFEREES, UP HOLDING HOOVER'S STAND; QUICK PASSAGE EXPECTED Administration Leaders Confident of Votes to Win in Senate. HOUSE WILL ACT SPEEDILY Likely to Send Measure to Up per Chamber Tomorrow After Debating Report . SMOOT MAKES TARIFF PLANS Hearings Begin June 12--Subcommittees Named to ConductThem for Various Schedules. Fight Expected in Senate. Tariff Committees Named. Smoot Schedules Hearings. ASK TARIFF BILL CHANGE. Merchants Want Foreign Trading Zones Established Here.

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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

35,429 days ago

(97 years, 24 days)