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Tuesday, July 2, 1929

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The Headlines

LEADERS ASSURE PRESIDENT SENATE-WILL CUT TARIFF TO PROTECT THE CONSUMER; HOUSE SUGAR RATE TO FALL Smoot Is Inclined to Use Sliding Scale and Idea Impresses Hoover. LUMBER BACK TO FREE LIST Powerful Forces in Committee Hold Building Material Duties Check Activity. FOR LEATHER COMPROMISE Prospect Is for Modified Impost on Shoes Aimed atCompetitive Imports. May Use Sliding Scale in Sugar. Hoover Impressed by Plan. For Dropping Duty on Lumber. President Presses for Changes.

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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

35,402 days ago

(96 years, 362 days)