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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.
Read in The New York Times →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
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)