VOLUME 10

DECEMBER 1929

Iren Harutyunyan
Evita Pogosyan
Ovsana Tsaturian
Helen Setian
Kendra McKee
Aleen Aliksan
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TABLE OF CONTENTS NOTE FROM EDITORS

1- The economy rises and falls We are glad to say this is our 10th issue.

We couldn’t be more excited to have made it to this point. Life mag-

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THE ECONOMY RISES AND FALLS
by Ovsana Tsaturian
This last decade started off with
one of the worst president’s we have
seen to this day. President Warren G.
Harding. His inability to lead this coun-
try, and lack of supervision over his Sec-
retary of Interior, Albert Fall, led to a
huge economic crisis.
The Teapot Dome Scandal swept
the nation with Fall’s name written all
over it. This scandal surrounded the
idea of secret leasing of federal oil re-
serves by Albert Fall.
After Harding transferred super-
vision of the naval oil reserve lands
from the navy to the Department of the
Interior in 1921, Fall secretly granted to
Harry F. Sinclair, of the Mammoth Oil
Company, exclusive rights to the Teapot
Dome (Wyoming) oil reserves.
He granted similar rights to Ed-
ward L. Doheny. In return for the leases,
Fall received large cash gifts and no-in-
terest loans. This left our country in a
large debt because the citizens did not
want to pay their taxes to a “corrupted”
government.
Although this seemed to have tak-
en a large toll on Americans, their minds
quickly changed with the invention of
the assembly line and the Model T, both
created by Henry Ford in 1923.
The assembly line allowed for
mass production of one product with
incredible ease, and allowed for mon-
ey to be made. It also allowed for more
jobs for the middle, and lower class.
The Model T car was a necessity
in the homes of middle-class citizens, a
nd the assembly line has yet to disap-
point the next decade.
Until the year 1928, the economy Workers building the Model T in an assembly line.
had gone down and risen back up. Will
this rollercoaster soon go back down to
meet its doom?
In this past year, America has
reached a sort of “crash” in the econ-
omy. Urban America started to suffer
when the stock market crash this year
suddenly caused billions of dollars in as-
sets to evaporate.
What millions of people are now
calling, The Great Crash, itself directly
affected only the tiny minority Ameri-
cans who own stock at this time, ensu-
ing cutbacks in industrial production is
causing a nationwide economic down-
turn.
At this point stock s have nowhere
to go but up. America has yet to see if
our economy prevails, or is defeated. Crowd gathering at the int ersection of Wall
Street and Broad Street after the 1929 crash.
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Wealth takes over united states
by Aleen Aliksan
The1920s are also known as “The
Roaring Twenties”. “Why?” someone
may ask. It’s because of the technology
that boomed during this time. It made
the economy into something better, as
anybody can imagine.
Of course, only certain people
can afford this life-changing technology.
Those certain people are the rich peo-
ple. There are many rich people in the
20s. Some examples of these rich men
include Rockefeller, Kennedy, Mellon,
and more.
Joseeph Kennedy John Rockefeller John Rockefeller was on the list of
“Top Ten Richest People of All-Time”;
imagine how rich he must’ve been! “In
United States history, Rockefeller easi-
ly ranks as the single richest man ever”.
-www.victoriaclarkeadventures.com
Mr. Rockefeller stands as a mul-
tigenerational titan of industry. He
could very easily be placed on any list
of wealthy men that covers the Gilded
Age, Jazz Age, or the Depression era.
Rockefeller started his wealth by
working as a clerk at the age of sixteen.
In the span of a couple of years, he
worked his way up to a partnership in
an oil company in Ohio. He had control
over ninety percent of the American Pe-
troleum Industry.
Joseph Kennedy started his success at a
very early age, also. By the age of twen-
ty-five he had already
become the bank manager, which
was a huge deal. At age thirty-three, he
owned his own movie studio and is in-
volved in alcohol distribution.
Kennedy is so rich that he creat-
ed a trust fund for all of his nine chil-
dren and put one million dollars in each
child’s fund! Nobody knows exactly how
much money Kennedy had, but we as-
sume it was a lot since he can just put
nine million dollars in a trust fund. He
also made the “Top Ten Richest People
of All-Time” list, and we clearly know
why.
Sir Andrew Mellon was born a
millionaire. The minute he was born,
he was already rich. His family was the
cause of the industrial development of
the Pittsburgh area. This gave Mellon
and his brother a huge advantage. In
1921, President Harding wanted Mel-
lon to serve as the country’s Secretary
of Treasury.
Obviously there are many more
“rich people that lived in the 1920s, but
these three were the “most richest” of
their time. Many of the richest people
in the year 1920 made it to the “Top
Ten Richest People of All-Time” list.
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CAPONE DOMINATES CHICAGO
by Iren Harutyunyan
Uh-oh! 1920’s was a dan-
gerous era. Prohibition. Speakeasies.
Bootleggers. Mafia. Crime. Laws.
Breaking those laws. Making new
laws, and so on and so forth.
It was in 1920 that the 18th
amendment introduced the term pro-
hibition. It made all the alcohol in the
U.S. illegal. This, of course, did not
please a lot of people. Many mobs
were created because of prohibition.
It gave birth to mobsters such as Al
Capone.
Capone was born on January
17, 1899, Brooklyn but spent most of
his life in Chicago. He was a charm-
ing and vicious man. By early 1929
Capone had control over the illegal
liquor trade in Chicago.
The most memorable crime of
Al Capone had to do with the Saint
Valentine’s Day Massacre. The mas-
sacre occurred because of the pow-
er struggle over Chicago’s organized
crime that Al Capone and Bugs Mo-
ran had.
Capone wanted to control Chi-
cago and its trades. His opponent at
the time, Moran, made this tasl dif-
ficult. This is why Capone gathered
up his men and started seeking for re-
venge.
On Valentine’s Day, in 1929,
seven people belonging to Moran
were killed by Al Capone’s men. Al
Capone was in Florida at the time,
so he had an alibi, and was therefore
never punished.
Aside from the gansgters, Pro-
hibition also introduced bootleggers,
people who illegaly transported alco-
hol, and also speakiesies. These were
illegal secret bars. Getting into them
was not much trouble and their exis-
tence was guaranteed by the wealth “For a city that is so filled with the his-
of their owners. tory of crime, there has been little pres-
ervation of the landmarks that were once
so important to the legend of the mob in
Chicago. Gone are the landmarks like the
Lexington Hotel, where Al Capone kept
the fifth floor suite and used the place as
his headquarters. But most tragic, at least
to crime buffs, was the destruction of the
warehouse that was located at 2122 North
Clark Street. It was here, on Valentine’s
Day 1929, that the most spectacular mob
hit in gangland history took place..... the
St. Valentine’s Day Massacre.”
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fashion EVOLVES DRAMATICALY
by Evita Pogosyan
Fashion has evolved through-
out the years! Ladies would not dare
to wear anything above the knee. That
is the opposite of what is happening
now. Ladies are becoming more dar-
ing as the years pass by.
Ladies are now wearing dress-
es that are loose and the outfits are
now dropped waists to high hip levels.
What has the fashion industry come
to after the war? Skirts are now short-
er than ever, and women are now
wearing clothing with a “V”s shape.
Women are wearing clothing that we
have not seen before. I assume, it is
the new “fashion”.
During the last decade, we have
seen Fashion evolve. The last ten
years, which women would call this
time the “flapper era”, are wearing
outfits that reached the knee. The hair
was bobbed style, the dresses were
low-waisted. Young women,who are
stepping into womanhood, are seen
wearing these outfits. These outfits
helped women feel more free when
dancing.
Thankfully, the fashion industry
reached a realization during 1928.
Fashion is meant to be modest, but
our fashion designers do not agree.
Our fashion designers have changed
the rules for fashion. The outfits may
have been surprising, but we must
remember the important fashion de-
signers who shaped the fashion indus-
try in the last decade.
Chanel and Patou have been
major influences. Jean Patou is known
as the first designer for women’s
sportswear. He also created beautiful
swimming suits and simple cardigans.
They are modest and beautiful. Coco
Chanel is the “Fashion Queen.”
Women should be able to wear
mascular clothing and look beauti-
ful in it.Chanel has created muscu-
lar outfits for women with a touch of
feminism. Chanel and Patou have in-
spired fashion trends and hopefully
will continue to surprise us! Fashion
has shaped itself throughout the last
ten years.
Who knows how much more
fashion will evolve throughout the
next decade! Should we be con-
cerned?
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grange becomes a
successful athlete
by Kendra McKee
Red Grange (Harold Edward
Grange) was born on June 13,1903 in
Forksville,Pennsylvania and died on Jan-
uary 28, 1991 in Lake Wales, Florida.
He was a professional college foot-
ball player and broadcaster or more spe-
cifically, an outstanding outback whose
spectacular long runs made him one
of the most famous football players in
the twentieth century, especially in the
1920s. Here is his story of how he became
an important influence in popularizing
professional football.
Grange was a star player at Whea-
ton High School,Illinois before entering
the University of Illinois in 1922, where
he played football during the 1923-
1925 seasons and was selected as an
all-American halfback each season.
In 1924, he became a national idol
when he ran for touchdowns of 95, 67,
55 and 44 yards of play against a highly
rated Michigan team.
In the second half of play, he
scored a 5th touchdown and threw a
touchdown pass in a 39-14 Illinois vic-
tory.
He was nicknamed the “Gallop-
ing Ghost” for his blinding speed and
elusively fast running style.
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Grange in high school
Again in 1925, he led Illinois to a
24-2 victory, scoring three touchdowns
and gaining 363 yards over Pennsylva-
nia. Lastly in 1925, he dropped out of
school and joined the Chicago bears of
the NFL, where he drew huge masses
to the final games that NFL season and
on an extended across-the-country tour,
where he demonstrated the potential
growth for pro football, which was not
highly regarded at the time.
In 1926, he played for the New
York Yankees football league, which he
and his agent Charles C. Pyle founded.
The league collapsed after one season
and then joined the NFL in 1927.
Early that season, he suffered a se-
rious knee injury a refused to play in
the 1928 season.
Later, he returned to play for the
Chicago Bears in 1929, however, after
his injury, he was no longer the same as
before, but remained a leading rusher in
the sons and was also a splendid defen-
sive back.
Grange in the Yankees
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SILENT FILMS PICK UP SOUND

by Helen Seti an

In this decade we have seen a When the film first came out it was
large amount of major developments in immediately a sensation, and all movie
entertainment. theaters hurried to change the studios to
The first ever radio commercial sound.
airwaves broadcasted in 1922 and it was The film became more special to
a hit. Also, a new form of entertainment, the audience when Al johnson impro-
broadway musicals, became popular. vised a song’s introduction. As Al Jolson
These two immense productions says, “Wait a minute, wait a minute. You
were successful in making people happy. ain’t heard nothin’ yet!” If you thought
Although, in 1927, the entertainment this was impressive, as unreal as it may
department was at its all time highest. sound our technology just keeps finding
An entirely new and enormous pro- new ways to improve. Maybe in the next
duction of films with sound has come decade we will have colored films!
around.
The Warner Brothers produced a
brilliant film with audio of people sing-
ing, called “The Jazz Singer”.
Silent films have been around long
enough that it is no longer entertaining.
This film was not the first to incorporate
sound, but it was the first to use dialogue
as a part of the film. The accompani-
ment of the orchestra, which is used in
silent films, did not draw the audience
into the film as much as the new sound
film does.
People thought the idea and pro-
duction of the sound film was the bee’s
knees.People slowly began forgetting
about silent films; they were no longer
interested.
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