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Tuesday, November 5, 1929
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The Headlines
PENNROAD BALKS THE VAN SWERINGENS BY $50,000,000 COUP; Associate of P.R.R. Buys Control of the Pittsburgh & West Virginia. KEY LINE IN RAIL MERGERS Wanted by C. & O. and B. & O. for Consolidations Proposed to Commerce Commission. TAPLINS' STOCK ACQUIRED Deal for Holdings Made Secretly-- Follows Purchase of Ford's Road and Baltimore Terminal. Move Against Van Sweringens. PENNROAD BALKS VAN SWERINGENS Taplins Fought in Cleveland.
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Singin' in the Rain
Nacio Herb Brown
The must-have
Duncan Yo-Yo
You Share a Birthday With
- Vivien Leigh (1913)
- Douglass North (1920)
- Fawzia of Egypt (1921)
- John Berger (1926)
- Roy Rogers (1911)
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
Meanwhile
- The Great Depression — GDP fell 30%; triggered by Black Tuesday (1929-10-29).
Time Elapsed
35,276 days ago
(96 years, 236 days)