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Sunday, January 12, 1919
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The Headlines
HINES APPOINTED RAILROAD HEAD; President Promotes McAdoo's Assistant to Director General at Salary of $25,000. NO CHANGE IN POLICIES Appointee Favors Five-Year Extension of Federal Control--Promises Justice to Labor. Mr. Hines to Railroad Men. Statement to the Public. HINES APPOINTED RAILROAD HEAD Problem as Political Issue. Mr. Hines's Railroad Career.
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- Jack London (1876)
- Swami Vivekananda (1863)
- Edmund Burke (1729)
- Hermann Göring (1893)
- Charles Perrault (1628)
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General
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Soldiers
over the topblightyno man's landcooties
Suffragette
deeds not wordsvotes for women
Tech Check
Pop-Up Toaster, Shortwave Radio & Arc Welding.
Cost of Living (1910)
Loaf of Bread
$0.06
Gallon of Gas
$0.15
Average Home
$3,600
New Car
$950
Time Elapsed
39,226 days ago
(107 years, 171 days)