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Saturday, November 9, 1929
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The Headlines
ROOSEVELT DEMANDS END OF 'RED TAPE' IN THE LAW; WARNS OF 'JUSTICE FOR RICH'; FEARS 'GROWING CONTEMPT' Wealth Now Can Shoe Justice With 'Leaden Sandals,' He Says. WANTS PROCEDURE PRUNED Governor Calls on Columbia Law Alumni to Aid Reform Ruling Out Tradition. BUT SEEKS LAY HELP, TOO Dr. Butler, Scoring Passion to Regulate, Finds Law a Chief Cause of Lawlessness. Butler Sees Passion for Laws. Touched by Testimonial. Sees "Growing Contempt." Insists on Lay Members. Asks Lawyers to Help. Smith Fails to Appear.
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
- Ivan Turgenev (1818)
- Muhammad Iqbal (1877)
- Edward VII (1841)
- Imre Kertész (1929)
- Hedy Lamarr (1914)
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
35,272 days ago
(96 years, 232 days)