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Tuesday, December 24, 1929
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The Headlines
APPEALS TO SOVIET TO HUNT EIELSON; Washington Sends Messages to Moscow and to Russian Ships Near Where Fliers Vanished. STIMSON GIVES CONSENT Secretary Wilbur Acts on Plea of Stefansson for Sledge Search in Siberia. Dog and Reindeer Teams Urged. Stefansson's Appeal to Wilbur. APPEALS TO SOVIET TO HUNT EIELSON Plea Relayed to Alaska. To Rush Planes Across Alaska. Fliers Making Base in Siberia.
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
35,227 days ago
(96 years, 187 days)