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Monday, August 12, 1929

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The Headlines

ZEPPELIN AWAITS SOVIET PERMISSION FOR ROUTE TO TOKIO; Date of Departure Depends on Approval of Alternative Courses Over Siberia. ECKENER READY TOMORROW He Tells Crew to Prepare to Start Then or Wednesday-- Ship in Condition. ARDUOUS FLIGHT FORESEEN But Engineers Declare Motors Can Run 1,000 Hours and No Trouble Is Expected. Calls Undertaking Difficult. Rest Refreshes Crew. ZEPPELIN AWAITS SOVIET PERMISSION

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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

Meanwhile

  • The Great Depression — GDP fell 30%; triggered by Black Tuesday (1929-10-29).

Time Elapsed

35,362 days ago

(96 years, 322 days)