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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.

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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

35,242 days ago

(96 years, 202 days)