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Friday, June 7, 1929

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The Headlines

TRIBOROUGH TUBE PLANNED ACROSS CITY AT 38TH ST. AND UNDER EAST RIVER; TO CARRY MOTOR TRAFFIC Walker Urges Project of Experts to Cost $86,000,000. TWIN TUNNELS PROVIDED Main Artery Runs East From 10th Av. and Connects With Brooklyn and Queens. FEEDERS TO BE TWO-DECK Sponsors Assert Tube Would Pay With 15,000,000 Cars a Year at 50-Cent Toll. Network of Tubes Proposed. Approach Tunnels in Plan. FOR 3-BOROUGH TUBE ACROSS THE CITY $100,000 for Borings. Pedrick Sees Permanent Relief.

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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

35,427 days ago

(97 years, 22 days)