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Saturday, December 14, 1929
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The Headlines
REQUEST ROOSEVELT TO COMPEL DR. KIEB TO QUIT PRISON POST; Penal Society Directors Declare Correction Commissioner Is Incompetent. ASK PRISONERS' TRANSFER Recommend Placing of LongTerm Men in Prisons Exclusively for Them.'REIGN OF TERROR' ALLEGED Mayor Osborne Assails Acting Warden Sullivan's Course at Auburn--Inquiry Begins.
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
35,237 days ago
(96 years, 197 days)