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Friday, September 27, 1929

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The Headlines

ASK MORGENTHAU JR. TO HEAD MILK GROUP; Wynne and Dealers Seek an Organization to Give Trade a Leader and Prestige. FAY DISSOLVING HIS CHAIN Says $500 a Week Is Too Little Pay--State Acts, However, to Break His Organization. Fay Tells of La Guardia Question. Inquiry to Be Continued. ASK MORGENTHAU JR. TO HEAD MILK GROUP Fay Says He Got $500 a Week.

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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 DepressionGDP fell 30%; triggered by Black Tuesday (1929-10-29).

Time Elapsed

35,315 days ago

(96 years, 275 days)