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Tuesday, December 10, 1929
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The Headlines
PUBLISHERS SEEK FEDERAL AID IN FIGHT ON NEWSPRINT RISE; Resolution Orders Directors to See if Government Can Act on Canadian Increase. ADVANCE CALLED UNJUST Board of A.N.P.A. Decides to Tell Mills That New Rate Is Unwarranted Economically. CHARGE OF MONOPOLY MADE Speakers at Emergency Meeting See Price-Fixing Violating American Law--Move Termed 'Hold-Up.' Call Move "Unwarranted." Federal Action Urged. Publishers at Convention Score Proposed Rise in Newsprint Price as a 'Hold-Up' OTTAWA OFFICIALS SILENT. Labor Department Finds Paper Situation Too Delicate for Comment.
Read in The New York Times →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
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
35,242 days ago
(96 years, 202 days)